How can I prevent Google bot from indexing my staging site?

[pacifictheweb]

Hy

My site is https://pacifictheweb.myshopify.com and i have not attached the domain yet.

I want that google bot dont index the site until i complete the design and products at site.

After completing the website i will purchase the domain and attach it to shopify. So i want that google bot not crawl the site until i complete the site.

Regards

[Don]

Hi there @pacifictheweb!

While I'm not aware of how you can prevent search engines like Google from crawling your site before time, there is a way to ensure that this is properly updated with the correct info once you are ready to go!

In the case of Google, you can request a recrawl yourself if you would prefer not to have to wait for this to happen automatically.

Otherwise, search engines like this would periodically automatically recrawl your site in time so that the updated info is shown there instead.

Can you tell me a bit more about your business and if it's a new or existing venture?

It looks like you're working your way towards launch, is this your first time setting up a store online?

[pacifictheweb]

Yes i am creating the website and as i have not attached the domain with shopify so i don't want that google start to crawl and index this address https://pacifictheweb.myshopify.com . Because when i will attach the domain the address will be changed. In WordPress there is option to restrict the search engines to crawl the site.

[bhagyesh-seo]

By adding robots meta tag in head section of your theme.liquid will prevent Google and other search engine bots from crawling and indexing your website. 

In your admin panel, you can go to Online store > Themes > Edit code ( can be seen from 3 dots) > theme.liquid

<meta name="robots" content="noindex">