Why Your Shopify Store Isn’t Showing on Google — And How to Fix It
If you recently created a Shopify store — or even if you've had one for a while — yet it doesn’t appear in Google search results, it’s frustrating. Many store owners ask: “Why doesn’t my Shopify site show up on Google?” The answer often lies in how search engines index and crawl websites. In this post, we’ll walk through the most common reasons and how to fix them. 📄 Indexing vs Ranking — What’s the difference? Before diving into problems, first know that indexing and ranking are two different steps. ● Indexing means Google’s bots (crawlers) have visited your store, read its pages, and added them to Google’s database. ● Ranking means where your pages appear in search results when someone searches for relevant keywords. If your store never gets indexed , you won’t show up at all — regardless of how good your SEO is. So if your store is invisible, start with fixing indexing issues — that...
