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E-commerce SEO: rank your categories and products, not just your blog

Online stores have their own SEO problems: thousands of near-duplicate URLs, thin product pages and filters that waste crawl budget. I fix those and build category and product pages that rank and sell.

Categories are your biggest opportunity

Most commercial searches are for a type of product, not a specific one, which makes category pages the most valuable pages in most stores. I give each important category a clear target, useful introductory copy, logical sub-categories and strong internal links.

Faceted navigation without the mess

Filters for size, colour and price can create thousands of near-duplicate URLs that waste crawl budget and dilute rankings. Following Google's guidance on faceted navigation, I decide which filter combinations deserve their own indexable pages (because people search for them) and keep the rest out of the index.

Product pages that rank and convert

Unique descriptions rather than manufacturer copy, clear specifications, real photos, reviews and answers to common questions help both rankings and conversion rates. Product and merchant listing structured data makes prices, availability, shipping and returns eligible to appear in results.

Merchant Center and free listings

Google Merchant Center lets products appear in free listings across Search and Shopping, and powers Shopping ads. I set up and fix product feeds so organic and paid shopping work from the same clean data, which links with Google Ads management.

Speed and platform

Large catalogues are often slow. Fixes range from image handling to theme code; see e-commerce website development for platform work.

Proof

An online retailer reached page one for its priority keywords within six weeks after exactly this kind of work: read the e-commerce SEO case study.

How it works

The process

  1. Store crawl and indexation review

  2. Category and filter strategy

  3. Product page and schema improvements

  4. Merchant Center and performance tracking

Results

Related case studies

FAQ

Questions about E-commerce SEO

Which platforms do you work with?
WooCommerce, Shopify and custom stores built on Laravel. The principles are the same; the fixes are implemented differently on each platform.
What should happen to out-of-stock products?
Temporarily out-of-stock products should stay live with clear availability. Permanently discontinued ones should redirect to the closest alternative or category if one exists, so their links and rankings are not wasted.

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