Many Shopify stores are under-equipped for SEO. One of the main purposes Google exists is to help people search for information. Facts, statistics, opinions, essays, documents, images, videos, etc. That’s all lumped into the boring term: content. The first step to Search Engine Optimization is having something that people want to see. If people want …
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From a full-time volunteer to turning profitable
I’ve been asking JSON-LD for SEO customers for more information about how the app has been helping their store. What follows is a short case study from one store. Any results may or may not be typical or what you can expect with your Shopify store. There are so many variables involved that it’s impossible …
Rich Results causing a 20% traffic boost and more custom product leads
I’ve been asking JSON-LD for SEO customers for more information about how the app has been helping their store. What follows is a short case study from one store. Any results may or may not be typical or what you can expect with your Shopify store. There are so many variables involved that it’s impossible …
“Extremely happy with this new tool now one of my most valuable in our site”
Last week a Repeat Customer Insights customer left me this review about the Cohort report: COHORT ANALYSIS automatically created from your store is unbelievable and a must-have for any startup focused on growth. Extremely happy with this new tool now one of my most valuable in our site! The Cohort report is relatively new but …
Create your own Amazon Prime Day
Amazon’s Prime Day is a good example of rewarding your best customers. Even though you have to pay to becoming a Prime member, Amazon has repeatedly said how those customers spend more than other segments. It acts as an interesting way to let your customers self-segment. Whether you love or hate Amazon, you can still …
How Amazon nailed SEO with Prime Day
While reading about Prime Day, I stumbled across this: Google has over 71 million search results for "amazon prime day". 2015 was the first Prime Day. That means in four years Amazon has had Prime Day mentioned on 71 million webpages. Even 1/100th of that would be a massive SEO boost for most Shopify stores. …
Why your Shopify collections are showing nonsense text in the search results
A customer recently emailed me asking why Google was showing their product tags for their search result descriptions: It seems like search results for my collection pages are containing product tags of products contained within the given collections. Is there a way to prevent product tags from displaying in search results? Or maybe even a …
When should you launch your Shopify store?
Recently a customer was launching their first Shopify store and they were trying to figure out when to launch. Finally: is just opening with things being "good enough for now" better than having everything set up in an ideal way? The only reason I’d delay launching would be because you have some media or press …
Today’s tiny task: add SEO data for one product
Now that everyone is getting ready for the 4th quarter rush, I wanted to give you some different advice. Instead of The Massive All You Ever Wanted to Know About Ecommerce During this Winter Holiday to Make Your Store Growth Hack to Success Like These Other 42 Stores guide… (one minute while I catch my …
How to control how your Shopify store appears in the search results
With all the jargon and conflicting information out there with SEO, it can be confusing to understand how to change and tweak your store’s search results. In this article I’m going to describe each part of a search result. Above you’ll see a search result from Mountain Hardware that includes a Rich Snippet. Result title: …