Ecommerce SEO consulting

Ecommerce SEO consulting that helps shoppers find your products in search. I look at how your category, product and collection pages are structured, how search engines crawl and index them, and whether each page matches what people search for.

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How an ecommerce review maps your catalogue, from categories to products and filters.

Every product reachable. Every page with a job.

CategoriesProductsCollectionsFilters

Does this sound like your store?

If any of these feel familiar, an ecommerce SEO review is the place to start.

Filters creating clutter

Filter and sort options create many near-identical addresses.

Duplicate products

The same product can be reached at more than one address.

Weak category pages

Category pages are thin lists of products with no clear focus.

Products hard to reach

Some products can only be found through search or filters.

Gone products, no plan

Pages for products that are no longer sold are left with no plan.

No view by page type

Reports show the whole store, not categories and products apart.

How it works

Five steps take a store from a catalogue to a clear plan.

Map.

I map how your categories, collections and products connect, from the home page to each product.

Check.

A crawl and your search data show how pages are found, indexed and duplicated.

Screaming FrogSearch Console

Plan.

Each category and collection gets a clear keyword and purpose, with product pages matched to what shoppers search for.

Prioritise.

Issues and opportunities are ranked by the pages they affect, so the most important page types come first.

Report.

Progress is reported by page type, so you can see categories, products and collections separately.

CategoriesProductsCollections

Four page types, four jobs

Each page type answers a different search, so each is planned differently.

Category pages

Shoppers searching for a kind of product land here. Each one needs a clear focus.

Broad searches

Product pages

They match a specific item, with details, images and a clear way to buy.

Specific items

Collection pages

They group products by theme or season, and still need a purpose of their own.

Themes

Filtered pages

Narrowed lists. A few answer real searches and deserve a page. Most should stay out of the index.

Narrowed lists

Filters without the clutter

Filters help shoppers, but they can multiply addresses without end. Google advises handling them so crawlers are not wasted on endless combinations. The right mix of tools depends on the store and on each filter.

Many addresses in, one page out

Canonical tags

Point near-copies of a page to the main version.

Noindex

Keep a page out of the index while it stays usable for shoppers.

Robots rules

Stop crawlers spending time on endless filter combinations.

Internal links

Link to a filtered page only where it deserves to rank.

Your platform, your settings

The checks are the same on every store. What changes is where each fix is made, so the review looks at three layers.

Common store platformsShopifyWooCommerceBigCommerceMagentoHeadless builds

Platform defaults

How the platform builds addresses, filter pages and canonical tags before anything is changed.

Set by the platform

Theme and templates

How category, collection and product templates lay out headings, text and links.

Set by your theme

Apps and plugins

Extra tools can add filters, pages and code, and sometimes create duplicates.

Added by apps

What you receive

Your ecommerce review

Ecommerce SEO

Page-type keyword map

Each category and collection with the keyword it targets, and the product pages matched to them.

  • Keywords grouped by page type
  • One page for each keyword
  • Gaps and overlaps marked

Prioritised issues and opportunities

Crawl, index and page problems with the evidence, ranked by the pages they affect.

  • Pages affected, with their addresses
  • What is wrong and why it matters
  • A ranking of what to fix first

Reporting by page type

Search results reported separately for categories, products and collections.

  • Categories, products and collections apart
  • What moved and what did not
  • The next step

How the page-type map is written

Every page type is laid out the same way.

CategoryThe main keyword, and what the page should cover
CollectionThe theme, and how it differs from the category
ProductThe searches the item should match
Filtered pageWhether it stays out of the index or earns a page of its own
PriorityWhat to do first
What I need from youYour store addressYour platformYour main categories

Who this is for

Store owners

You sell online and want shoppers to find your categories and products.

Ecommerce and marketing teams

You need a plan for category and product pages, and a way to report on them.

Developers and platform teams

You want clear fixes for filters, duplicates and indexing.

What to expect

A plan you can follow, and plain talk about what it can and cannot do.

What I commit to

  • Every issue is tied to pages and evidence.
  • Fixes are written so your developers can act on them.
  • Results are reported by page type.

What nobody can promise

  • A ranking, a sales figure or a date. Search engines and shoppers decide those.
  • A catalogue that never changes. Products come and go, so the review is worth repeating.

Frequently asked questions

Straight answers on how the work runs and what it covers.

What is ecommerce SEO?

Ecommerce SEO helps an online store appear when people search for what it sells. It covers how category, collection and product pages are structured, how search engines crawl and index them, and whether each page matches what shoppers type into a search box. The aim is that every page worth finding can be found.

How is ecommerce SEO different from other SEO?

Online stores have many pages built from templates, products that come and go, and filters that create new addresses. So structure, crawling and duplicate control matter more than on a small site. Category and product pages also answer different searches, so each page type is planned on its own.

How do you handle filters and faceted navigation?

Case by case. Some filtered pages answer real searches and deserve to be indexed. Most do not. The options include canonical tags, noindex, robots rules and careful internal linking, and Google advises preventing crawlers from wasting time on endless combinations. The plan says which option fits each filter, and why.

What should happen to out-of-stock or discontinued product pages?

It depends on the product. A page for an item that is only out of stock for a while usually stays, with clear information for shoppers. A page for an item that is gone for good may point to the closest alternative or its category, or show that it no longer exists if nothing fits. I list each case with the reason.

How should category pages be optimised?

A category page needs one clear focus, built around the main keyword shoppers use for it. That means a title and heading that reflect it, useful text that helps people choose, and clear links to products and to related categories. A thin list of products with no focus is a common gap, and one I look for first.

Do product pages need unique descriptions?

Where possible, yes. Manufacturer text copied across many stores gives search engines little reason to prefer your page. The plan marks which products to start with, ordered by their importance to the store, so writing time goes where it matters most.

Do you work with my platform?

I work with your developers on the platform your store uses, including modern and headless builds. Each fix is described by its outcome, with the platform steps agreed with your team, so it can be built and then checked.

Can you promise more sales or higher rankings?

No. Rankings depend on content, competition, links and the shoppers themselves, and nobody outside the search engines can promise a position or a sales figure. What I commit to is a clear, evidence-backed list of what to fix, in priority order, and reporting by page type so you can judge the work.

How long does ecommerce SEO take to work?

It depends on your store, your competition and how much needs to change, so I do not give a fixed date. Changes are usually crawled and assessed over weeks, and results tend to build over months rather than days. What I can commit to is a priority order, so the changes most likely to matter happen first.

Do you make the changes yourself?

The service delivers the page-type keyword map, the prioritised issue and opportunity list, and reporting by page type. Your developers or store team make the changes, and I work with them as needed and check the outcome.

What do you need from me to start?

Your store address, the platform it runs on and your main categories. Access to your search performance data is useful, because it shows which pages already get seen, but the review can begin without it.

Technical SEO

Filters, duplicates and indexing start with crawling. Read about technical SEO consulting.

Content strategy

Category and collection pages each need one clear purpose. Read about SEO content strategy.

Reporting and analytics

Results by page type come from clear reporting. Read about SEO reporting and analytics.

Work with me on ecommerce SEO

Send your store address and main categories to review how your catalogue is crawled, indexed and matched to searches.

Last updated 4 November 2026