StoreSEO Blog

Insights on Shopify SEO & AI search

Actionable guides on SEO, AEO/GEO, and growing your Shopify store, written by the StoreSEO team.

SEO Guide Sep 30, 2026

How Much Does Shopify SEO Cost? Apps vs Agencies

Shopify SEO costs $0 to $250 a month for an app based on catalog size, about $1,348 a month for a freelancer, or $1,000 to $10,000 for an agency retainer.

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SEO Guide Sep 30, 2026

Out-of-Stock Shopify Products: Keep or Redirect?

An out-of-stock Shopify product page should stay live and marked unavailable while restock is likely, then get a permanent redirect once discontinued.

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SEO Guide Sep 29, 2026

Shopify SEO Glossary: 100 Terms, A to Z

A Shopify SEO glossary of 100 terms, from alt text to zero click search, each defined in plain English and checked against real documentation.

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148 Shopify stores, checked for AI blocks, with the Shopify and OpenAI logos, StoreSEO cover

SEO Guide Sep 29, 2026

We Checked 148 Shopify Stores for AI Crawler Blocks

We crawled robots.txt on 148 live Shopify stores and found only one blocking any AI crawler by name, and zero blocking GPTBot, ClaudeBot or PerplexityBot.

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"Google chose different canonical", with the Google and Shopify logos, StoreSEO cover

SEO Guide Sep 28, 2026

"Google Chose Different Canonical": Shopify Fix

Duplicate, Google chose different canonical means Search Console picked another URL than yours; a 301 redirect from the duplicate path usually fixes it.

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SEO Guide Sep 28, 2026

Is Shopify Good for SEO? The Honest Answer

Shopify is good for SEO by default, with canonicals and an automatic sitemap on, but fixed URLs and thin schema mean the harder work stays on you.

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StoreSEO vs SearchPie, with the StoreSEO, SearchPie logos, StoreSEO cover

SEO Guide Sep 27, 2026

StoreSEO vs SearchPie: Honest 2026 Comparison

StoreSEO costs less below 250 products and adds a conversational AI SEO agent, while SearchPie's flat-rate plan wins once your catalog grows large.

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Shopify robots.txt, for Google and AI bots, with the Shopify and Google logos, StoreSEO cover

Shopify Guide Sep 27, 2026

Shopify robots.txt Guide: Rules for Google & AI Bots

Shopify writes your robots.txt automatically and blocks cart and checkout by default, but you choose whether GPTBot and other AI crawlers get in.

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SEO Guide Sep 26, 2026

Track ChatGPT & Perplexity Traffic in GA4 (Shopify)

GA4 already tags some ChatGPT and Gemini visits as AI Assistant traffic, and one custom channel group adds Perplexity and Claude to the same report.

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