Why isn’t my store in Google search results?
Why isn’t my store in Google search results?
Search engines will “crawl” your store periodically, so it can sometimes take a couple months before you will show up in their search results. Even then, the search engine needs to find your store valuable before it will rank it very well.
Because of this, it’s common to have lower rankings when your site is still new and you may not have many inbound links yet. Connecting your store with Google’s Webmaster Tools can really help–it offers diagnostic information about your visibility in search results. Google Webmaster Tools »
To be honest, it’s not always an easy process to become listed at the top of search results, especially if you have common terms in your store’s name or products. Rest assured, we’ve done everything we can on our end to help improve your search engine rankings. In the meantime, you can use your store’s direct URL on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, newsletters, and more to drive traffic to your store. We’ve got more tips for promoting your shop in our Marketing Field Guide »
How can I get my custom domain ranked higher than my Big Cartel URL in search engines?
All of our built-in themes include canonical HTML tags in the header by default, which indicate to Google that your custom domain is preferred over your Big Cartel URL in their rankings. It may take a bit of time for Google to pick up the changes if you’ve recently set up your store on a custom domain, but in time you should see your custom URL ranked higher up in search results.What will my store look like when shared on Facebook, Twitter, and Pinterest?
Our built-in themes include the meta tags that social networks require to display the right image thumbnails and descriptions of your links.
Translation: when a product link is shared, a thumbnail of your product image and the description will automatically appear in the post. Sharing your store’s home URL will show your store’s account image and store description. If a custom page link is shared, the account image and a snippet of the content on the page will show up.
And all of our themes are set up for Pinterest Rich Pins and Twitter Cards, which makes getting the word out about your shop and sharing detailed info about your products even easier!
Head to Google Webmaster Central and click Add a Property. Enter your Big Cartel URL in the field provided and click Continue.
Copy the meta tag and head to Customize Design > Advanced > Layout in your Big Cartel admin in a separate window or tab. Click “custom” and paste the tag in after the opening <head> tag near the top.
Click Done and Save, then click the Verify button in Google to finish.
How do I verify my store with Google?
Google Search Console is a free tool that will show you useful info about how your store is indexed and ranked in their search results. To use it you’ll need to verify your URL with Google using a meta tag. Here’s how:Head to Google Webmaster Central and click Add a Property. Enter your Big Cartel URL in the field provided and click Continue.
Copy the meta tag and head to Customize Design > Advanced > Layout in your Big Cartel admin in a separate window or tab. Click “custom” and paste the tag in after the opening <head> tag near the top.
Click Done and Save, then click the Verify button in Google to finish.
Why isn’t my store in Google search results?
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