Hello @drazze,
You need to upgrade Shopify plan to higher ONLY if you use international domains and you need to submit the sitemap file for each domain. For any Shopify plan (even for Basic plan), Shopify creates sitemap file which is used by search engines like Google and Bing to index your site so that your store's pages appear in search results.
You can submit your sitemap to Google from Google Search Console. Submitting a sitemap will make it easier for the search engines to crawl all of your site’s pages and ensure that all of your important pages have the opportunity to rank. Take the time to generate and submit a sitemap to ensure that your pages are ready for search engines and users.
There can be many reasons why your pages are not found on Google.
1. Make sure you disable the password to restrict access to your online store.
2. You are blocking the page with a robots.txt file
Make sure you are not blocking the pages in robots.txt
3. A noindex directive
If the code <meta name="robots" content="no index"> exists, it won't allow Google to index the specific page. Make sure the code doesn't exist in head section of the particular page.
4. If your site is new, it might take time for Google to crawl or index it.
It can take time for Google to index your page; allow at least a week after submitting a sitemap or a submit to index request before assuming a problem. If your page or site change is recent, check back in a week to see if it is still missing.
5. Make sure your store is mobile-friendly
A mobile-friendly website is critical to getting your site indexed by Google since it introduced Mobile-First indexing. No matter how great the content on your website is, if it’s not optimized for viewing on a smartphone or tablet, you’re going to lose rankings and traffic.
6. Your site has minimal content
Well-written content is critical for succeeding on Google. If you have minimal content that doesn’t at least meet your competition’s levels, then you may have significant issues.
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Hope this was helpful,
Gina
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