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Robots.txt Rules for Faceted URLs

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 As an additional safeguard against faceted URL explosion &mdash; and to prevent Google from wasting crawl budget on duplicate content that dilutes your search visibility &mdash; the following robots.txt rules are applied for all stores:
-```
+<pre>
 # Block duplicate product URLs reached through collection/tag paths
 Disallow: /collections/*/products/
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 # Block query-string collection facets, sort orders, tracking params, etc.
 Disallow: /collections/*?*
-```
+</pre>
 '''What each rule blocks:'''

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 * '''Noindex robots meta tag''' is applied by default to filtered collection views in many Spiffy Stores themes, explicitly instructing search engines not to index these variant URLs. Check your theme's collection template to confirm whether ''noindex'' is set on filtered views.
 * '''The sitemap''' includes only the canonical collection pages, not filtered variants, so Google is not actively asked to index them.
 == Frequently asked SEO questions  ==

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 === Structured Data / Schema.org ===
 Product pages automatically include JSON-LD structured data in the page source, exposing product attributes such as name, description, price, availability and images in a format that Google can use for rich search results. This is rendered without any theme-level configuration.
 == Frequently asked SEO questions  ==

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 <div style="padding:57.32% 0 0 0;position:relative;"><iframe src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/572868581?badge=0&amp;autopause=0&amp;player_id=0&amp;app_id=58479" frameborder="0" allow="autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen style="position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;" title="Adding search engine data to a product"></iframe></div><script src="https://player.vimeo.com/api/player.js"></script>
 </html>
 == Frequently asked SEO questions  ==

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 == Frequently asked SEO questions  ==
 #'''Can I have FTP details for xxx.com?'''<br>Stores cannot be accessed through FTP. You can edit the Theme files through the Toolbox in the "Design &amp; assets -&gt; Theme editor" section, or they can be edited using Webdav. Information about Webdav can be found here -&gt; [[Using WebDAV to edit your theme|Using WebDAV to edit your theme]]
-#'''Can I have FTP details for xxx.com?'''<br>Stores cannot be accessed through FTP. You can edit the Theme files through the Toolbox in the "Design &amp; assets -&gt; Theme editor" section, or they can be edited using Webdav. Information about Webdav can be found here -&gt; [[Using WebDAV to edit your theme|Using WebDAV to edit your theme<br><br>]]
+#'''What is my login?'''<br>You'll need to contact the store owner and have them create a "Staff Login" for you using your email address. &nbsp;This is done in the "Accounts -&gt; Staff logins" section of the Toolbox. &nbsp;You will definitely need to do this if you are located in a different country than the store owner, as you'll be locked out for security reasons.<br><br>When the store owner creates a login for you, you'll be sent an email asking you to click a link that will allow you to create your own password to log in to the store. &nbsp;Once you've done this, you can edit whatever you need to in order to make changes to the store.
-#'''What is my login?'''<br>You'll need to contact the store owner and have them create a "Staff Login" for you using your email address. &nbsp;This is done in the "Accounts -&gt; Staff logins" section of the Toolbox. &nbsp;You will definitely need to do this if you are located in a different country than the store owner, as you'll be locked out for security reasons.<br><br>When the store owner creates a login for you, you'll be sent an email asking you to click a link that will allow you to create your own password to log in to the store. &nbsp;Once you've done this, you can edit whatever you need to in order to make changes to the store.<br> <br><br>
+#'''How can I edit the meta tags on a page?'''<br>Every page, product, and collection allows you to edit the meta description and meta title of the page in the "Edit Search Engine Data" section.  The keyword meta tag is generated automatically from the tags added to a product.
-#'''How can I edit the meta tags on a page?'''<br>Every page, product, and collection allows you to edit the meta description and meta title of the page in the "Edit Search Engine Data" section.  The keyword meta tag is generated automatically from the tags added to a product.<br><br><br>
+#'''How do I edit the sitemap.xml file?'''<br>The sitemap file is automatically generated by the server based on the pages, products and collections that are set as "published". &nbsp;It's created every time it is accessed so is generated in realtime. &nbsp;For this reason it cannot be edited.
-#'''How do I edit the sitemap.xml file?'''<br>The sitemap file is automatically generated by the server based on the pages, products and collections that are set as "published". &nbsp;It's created every time it is accessed so is generated in realtime. &nbsp;For this reason it cannot be edited.<br><br><br>
+#'''How do I add a Google verification tag?'''<br>From the Admin panel, go to "Preferences -&gt; General Settings". In the "Site Verification" section, you can add an HTML Meta tag or a DNS TXT record.

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 #'''What is my login?'''<br>You'll need to contact the store owner and have them create a "Staff Login" for you using your email address. &nbsp;This is done in the "Accounts -&gt; Staff logins" section of the Toolbox. &nbsp;You will definitely need to do this if you are located in a different country than the store owner, as you'll be locked out for security reasons.<br><br>When the store owner creates a login for you, you'll be sent an email asking you to click a link that will allow you to create your own password to log in to the store. &nbsp;Once you've done this, you can edit whatever you need to in order to make changes to the store.<br> <br><br>
 #'''How can I edit the meta tags on a page?'''<br>Every page, product, and collection allows you to edit the meta description and meta title of the page in the "Edit Search Engine Data" section.  The keyword meta tag is generated automatically from the tags added to a product.<br><br><br>
-#'''How do I edit the sitemap.xml file?'''<br>The sitemap file is automatically generated by the server based on the pages, products and collections that are set as "published". &nbsp;It's created every time it is accessed so is generated in realtime. &nbsp;For this reason it cannot be edited.<br><br><br><br>
+#'''How do I edit the sitemap.xml file?'''<br>The sitemap file is automatically generated by the server based on the pages, products and collections that are set as "published". &nbsp;It's created every time it is accessed so is generated in realtime. &nbsp;For this reason it cannot be edited.<br><br><br>
-#'''How do add a Google verification tag?'''<br>Copy the meta tag code from Google.  In your theme editor, click on the "Theme.liquid" file to edit it, paste the code immediately before the </head> tag, and then click the save button.<br>
+#'''How do I add a Google verification tag?'''<br>Copy the meta tag code from Google.  In your theme editor, click on the "Theme.liquid" file to edit it, paste the code immediately before the </head> tag, and then click the save button.<br>

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	If you have contracted an SEO professional to make modifications to your store, then this is the place you will need to point them to for information regarding creating custom meta tags for your store.		If you have contracted an SEO professional to make modifications to your store, then this is the place you will need to point them to for information regarding creating custom meta tags for your store.
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		+	<div style="padding:57.32% 0 0 0;position:relative;"><iframe src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/572868581?badge=0&autopause=0&player_id=0&app_id=58479" frameborder="0" allow="autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen style="position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;" title="Adding search engine data to a product"></iframe></div><script src="https://player.vimeo.com/api/player.js"></script>

	== Frequently asked SEO questions ==		== Frequently asked SEO questions ==