Adding .txt root file for validation

[demib]

Ahrefs now support IndexNow. That is great. However, if you are using Shopify adding the required validation file is not so straight forward.

So, I have made this guide that will show you how to do this.

https://elevateapps.io/indexnow-ahrefs-shopify/

[KieranR]

Great info - thanks for sharing I still need to give that feature in Ahrefs a spin. 

For my sanity and so I remember (lol) steps are:

1. In Shopify Admin
2. Go to Content > Files
3. Create a .txt file
4. Upload the file created from Ahrefs key
5. Shopify will give a weird URL like:
   https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/123456/456789/789123/files/s1srgp8p22s73cmw5rtjjyb1h3h6fgt2.txt?v=... 
6. Go to Online Store > Nav > Redirects
7. Add redirect from the Ahrefs required URL to this one. 

Very similar to how you used to have to do a redirect as a workaround before Shopify allowed robots.txt editing directly.

[demib]

Thanks 🙂

Yes, except Ahrefs do not give you the file - only the key. You have to manually create the file, with the key-name.txt and the key as only content.