Google won't index my shop (java embed)

What am i doing wrong here? I have my own domain, and pasted the spreadshirt javascript in a index.html fil. The shop is working great, but all the SEO from the spreadshirt adminpanel, is not showing up in Google. Only my domain name, and the spreadshirt shop ID. The description is missing, and the shop ID should be hidden, since i’m using my own domain. Is it better to write my own SEO in the index file, seems like google just ignores SEO from spreadshirt?

Someone out there, who knows what to do?

Thomas

Hey Thomas!

Great question, as it is tackling an issue that we are faceiing since nearly ever with Google’s way of indexing Java scripted content. Though, Google states they have improved js. crawling, we cannot see any progress there right now.

But you are not lost because there are some workarounds to get at least some benefits out of Google.

First thing is to add your Shop’s native URL as a property to your Search Console. Google then will at least crawl your shop and list some of your content.
Disadvantage: In Google’s search results, your shop will be displayed under it’s domain.
Which might confuse readers.
Advantage: as your shop has a redirect in place, visitors will automatically be directed to your website.

Second, and most beneficial tip is to make use of your domain and write SEO content around your shop’s topic. It is also possible to create Landingpages which are displaying a certain product or detailpage of your shop.
Anytime you upload a new design, you can release a new landingpage for it. If you have, feel free to write blog content and link to your LPs where possible.
So your website wille gain much more linkjuice than your stand-alone-shop could ever do.

Thank you for the quick reply. For the time being i will take use of the Google Seach console. I have seen some tutorials and videos, but there’s another problem: I have to claim the property for both domain names. My own domain works fine, i’m using the DNS option. Since it contains redirection, i have to claim the spreadshirt domain name. I have pasted the HTML Tag code, in the spreadshirt admin panel, but google can’t find the tag. I have tried this for days now. This is my spreadshirt domain: https://shop.spreadshirt.com/99coronacom/ that i have tried to claim. Do you know what to do? It would be cool if i can make it work, at least it shows some SEO.

Whats the error message in the console like?
Usually the URL verification is done in seconds :thinking:

Stupid questions, I know, but:

  • have copy & pasted the the whole meta tag or the alphanumerical characters between both "… "
  • have you saved the settings within the Shop Admin after entering the tag?

Well, i have just deleted my shop, and created a new one, with another title and ID, and the google search console found it right away. I still don’t know what happened, but it works now. Now i just have to learn google search console, make it crawl these sites, and hopefully the SEO will show up in Google. At least the Description. Thanks for your time and help :slight_smile:

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i have a question… how long does it take until Spreadshirt writes the tag into the site? I added my google search content number to my partner area a few hours ago but still cannot confirm on the google search site that my spreadshirt shop belongs to me… i followed the guide in the partner area to do it… any suggestions ?

If there is no technical blocker :

Since yesterday no updates…tried with different browser and different machines

Can you check please?

Shop ID: 100514556 and 100598801

Thank you

In your NA Shop Admin a redirect is set to https://www.bear-tastic.com/shopsel.html which is actually not your shop, but the country selector.
For example:
The US Shop is to be found here: https://www.bear-tastic.com/sub/shop-us.html#!/
If you want to state the ownership of that URL, you’ll need to add the whole HTML-Tag to your website’s header. Then Google will find it and confirm the property.

If you want to verify your initial Shop’s URL you need to add https://shop.spreadshirt.com/beartastic as a property to Google Search Console and only copy the HTML-TAG ID (code between the " " ) and paste it to your shop admin.

That input field does not work for your website but only for the shop itself.

From my opinion you should add the following properties to your Console:
Required: https://www.bear-tastic.com
Optional: https://shop.spreadshirt.com/beartastic to make Google aware of the Shop as a single instance.

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