{"title":"Sitemap \u0026 Robots.txt","description":"\u003cp\u003eSitemap \u0026amp; Robots.txt work for Shopify and Shopify Plus stores, handled as a flat-rate task by an in-house team that has worked on this since 2016.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe have completed 41 sitemap \u0026amp; robots.txt requests for merchants, including work on Retina, Empire and Launch. Typical turnaround is 2 to 4 business days. Below are 3 real examples with the request, the approach and what shipped.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"robots-txt-customization-retina","title":"robots.txt Customization","description":"\u003cp class=\"task-lead\"\u003eA retailer with leftover code from multiple old themes had search engines indexing pages they shouldn't, and wanted the crawl rules cleaned up.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eThe request\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe've had several templates in use and have leftover old code. Search engines are indexing pages that shouldn't be indexed. We need the robots rules and the old code cleaned up.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ccite\u003eOriginal customer request, anonymized\u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003eCrawl clutter from years of theme changes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eThe approach\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe removed the leftover code, set robots rules to exclude the pages that shouldn't be indexed, and confirmed the sitemap only contained the pages that should.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eWhat we shipped\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLeftover theme code removed\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRobots rules updated\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSitemap cleaned\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVerified in Search Console\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"TaskHusky Portfolio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44155686846538,"sku":"TASK-0214","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}]},{"product_id":"sitemap-submission-to-google-empire","title":"Sitemap Submission to Google","description":"\u003cp class=\"task-lead\"\u003eA brand had submitted their sitemap but wanted site links to show under their listing in Google results, plus a few SEO tweaks.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eThe request\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI've already submitted my sitemap but I want particular subheadings to show below the website URL when you search us on Google. And a few other small SEO tweaks.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ccite\u003eOriginal customer request, anonymized\u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003eSearch presence that needed shaping.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eThe approach\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe verified the sitemap submission, cleaned up the site's navigation structure and page titles so Google could pick up sitelinks, and applied the brand's other SEO tweaks.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eWhat we shipped\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSitemap submission verified\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNavigation and titles structured for sitelinks\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAdditional SEO tweaks applied\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSearch Console checked\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"TaskHusky Portfolio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44155688648778,"sku":"TASK-0245","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}]},{"product_id":"noindex-and-disallow-specific-pages-launch","title":"Noindex and Disallow Specific Pages","description":"\u003cp class=\"task-lead\"\u003eA retailer wanted certain products excluded from the sitemap and search engines while keeping them findable in the store's own search.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eThe request\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eExclude specific products from the sitemap and from Google, but keep them working in our internal site search. Customers who know what they want should still find them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ccite\u003eOriginal customer request, anonymized\u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003eDiscretion for search engines, discoverability for customers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eThe approach\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe tagged the products to exclude and set them to no-index and out of the sitemap, while leaving the store's internal search untouched so they remain findable on-site.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eWhat we shipped\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTagged products excluded from the sitemap\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNo-index applied to tagged products\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInternal search unaffected\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVerified in Search Console\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"TaskHusky Portfolio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44155695267914,"sku":"TASK-0300","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}]}],"url":"https:\/\/www.taskhusky.com\/collections\/sitemap-robots-txt.oembed","provider":"TaskHusky","version":"1.0","type":"link"}