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21 Jul
How to Edit Shopify Robots.txt File, Updated 4th January 2021 – In this article I am going to explain what the Shopify robots.txt file is, where in your online store is located and how to hide a page from search engines.
If you want to learn the basics of SEO for Shopify, make sure you check my other articles:
- Optimise Shopify Page Title and Description
- How to Add Shopify Alt Tags to Theme Images
- How to add Alt Tags to Shopify Product Images
- How to Add Google Analytics to Shopify
- How to Add SEO Headings in Shopify
- How to Optimise Your Shopify Site Structure
- How to Find and Submit Your Shopify Sitemap
- How to Verify Your Shopify Store with Google
- How to Create a Redirect in Shopify
- Duplicate Content and Shopify
- Link Building and Shopify
- How to Compress Images on Shopify
- How to Improve Shopify Page Load Speed
- Optimise Your Shopify Blog Posts
- How to Backup Your Shopify Store
- Enable AMP in Shopify
If you need help with ranking your website on Google, feel free to check our Shopify SEO services.
What is the Robots.txt File?
The robots.txt file is where you give instructions to Google and other search engine crawler about what pages to crawl and what not.
For example, it’s typical for a robots.txt file to instruct crawlers not to crawl internal admin or login pages.
Where is the Shopify Robots.txt File Located?
The Shopify robots.txt file is located in the root folder of your primary domain.
How Do I Edit the Shopify Robots.txt File?
You can’t edit your Shopify robots.txt file directly but you can instruct Google spiders about not crawling one or more page:
- From your Shopify admin, go to Online Store > Themes.
- Find the theme you want to edit, and then click Actions > Edit code.
- Click the
theme.liquidlayout file.
How to Hide Shopify Search Template from Google
To hide the search template from Google:
- From your Shopify admin, go to Online Store > Themes.
- Find the theme you want to edit, and then click Actions > Edit code.
- Click the
theme.liquidlayout file. - Paste the following code in the
<head>section:
{% if template contains 'search' %}
<meta name="robots" content="noindex">
{% endif %}How to Hide a Specific Page from Google
To hide a specific page from Google:
- From your Shopify admin, go to Online Store > Themes.
- Find the theme you want to edit, and then click Actions > Edit code.
- Click the
theme.liquidlayout file. - Paste the following code in the
<head>section:
{% if handle contains 'page-handle-you-want-to-exclude' %}
<meta name="robots" content="noindex">
{% endif %}Make sure that you replace page-handle-you-want-to-exclude with the correct page handle.
- Click Save.
How to Hide Multiple Pages from Google
To hide multiple pages from Google:
- From your Shopify admin, go to Online Store > Themes.
- Find the theme you want to edit, and then click Actions > Edit code.
- Click the
theme.liquidlayout file. - Paste the following code in the
<head>section:
{% if handle contains 'page-handle-you-want-to-exclude' %}
<meta name="robots" content="noindex">
{% elsif handle contains 'your-page-handle-2' %}
<meta name="robots" content="noindex">
{% elsif handle contains 'your-page-handle-3' %} <meta name="robots" content="noindex">
{% else %} {% endif %}Make sure that you replace page-handle-you-want-to-exclude with the correct page handle.
- Click Save.
Sources
https://help.shopify.com/en/manual/promoting-marketing/seo/hide-a-page-from-search-engines
https://www.rmehdee.com/blogs/life-experiences-and-hacks/hiding-multiple-shopify-pages-from-search-engines
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Pasquale is Founder at Increasily.com, a digital strategy agency based in Dublin, Ireland; and Co-Founder at luxury ecommerce marketplace Thesidebe.com. Pasquale has +15 years of experience in Digital Marketing and Account Management. He currently lives in Dublin with his wife, stepdaughter and cat.
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ReplySteve
6 December 2020Hi, I see the same explanation on multiple websites, but nobody explains what the correct syntax is when you want to exclude two or more pages. Or where to put this code in the section (before or after the meta-tags)? Thank you!
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Pasquale Mellone
7 December 2020Hi Steve, and thanks so much for the feedback. I have just added the piece of code you need to the article. I hope it helps. Please keep me posted and thanks for going through the blog post!
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sandeep pangeni
25 February 2021Existing Robort.txt file is blocking collection pages and product pages. There is neither the metatag with robort or no index. How can we resolve the issue ? Need Help.
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Pasquale Mellone
25 February 2021Hi Sandeep, and thanks for the comment. To look into this I would need to know the URL of your website. Generally speaking, the noindex of a page in Shopify is generally an instruction given in the theme.liquid file of your store, as I explain in the article.
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Rana Cheikha
25 February 2021Hi, Can you please explain the afterword process? As I am unable to find the txt file in the code. Thanks
1. From your Shopify admin, go to Online Store > Themes.
2.Find the theme you want to edit and then click Actions > Edit code.
3. Click the theme. liquid layout file.-
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Pasquale Mellone
25 February 2021Hi Rana, and thanks for the comment. What are you trying to do? Are you trying to hide a page from Google? If so, you won’t find the code in your theme.liquid file. You will have to add it as in the example. Hopefully that helps?
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