Blog
Notes from the watch, written as we build.
Shopify store health, SEO issues, and building Rabbot in the open.
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Set your Shopify title and meta, then check the source
Where to set a Shopify title and meta description, how long they can run, and how to check what your theme prints when a theme edit or an app changes them.
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Your Shopify sitemap at /sitemap.xml and how to check it
Where your Shopify sitemap lives, what it holds, why you cannot edit it, how to submit it to Google Search Console, and how to check that it still loads.
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A Shopify redirect is one hop until the address moves
How a 301 redirect works on Shopify, where you set one or import a list, and how a redirect chain grows when an address moves again.
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Shopify SEO after launch: seven signals to check
A theme update or an app can change seven signals Google reads on your Shopify store, and here is how to check each one yourself.
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Shopify Sidekick: what changed on your store, and when
Rabbot now answers inside Shopify Sidekick. Six tools hand it what is broken on your store, when it started, what has cleared, and which screen to open next.
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Monitoring app or backup app: not the same purchase
Rabbot and a backup app like Rewind solve different failures. Here is what each one actually does, and why a Shopify store benefits from both.
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Some Shopify problems never announce themselves.
Four real cases of Shopify stores breaking without warning, from a theme overriding meta titles to a cleared feed field, and the quiet kind worth watching for.
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Rabbot is live on the Shopify App Store
Rabbot, a same-day store and feed monitor built by the SEO who lost his own Shopify shop to what it watches for, is live on the Shopify App Store.
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Rabbot already has an MCP server for agents
An AI assistant said no Shopify monitoring app, mine included, had an MCP server, and suggested building one. Rabbot already has one, with guarded writes.
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Google Shopping disapprovals: four causes, one reopens
Google Shopping disapprovals usually trace back to one of four fixable causes, and one of them can reopen after you thought it was fixed.
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