Re: Shopify Bug - Web Pixels Manager Sandbox
Shopify has a new bug - they are indexing tons of useless pages in Google again. Is there any way to stop this from happening? The code seems to only be editable by shopify since it's in the content_for_header.
Do a google search for:
inurl:/web-pixels-manager@
(https://www.google.com/search?q=inurl%3A%2Fweb-pixels-manager%40)
Each site has multiple versions of this page indexed. Peets.com for example has 20.
The pages look blank, but include something like this in the code:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>Web Pixels Manager Sandbox</title>
<script id="web-pixels-manager-setup">(function e(e,n,a,o,t){e&&(window.Shopify=window.Shopify||{},window.Shopify.analytics=window.Shopify.analytics||{},window.Shopify.analytics.replayQueue=[],window.Shopify.analytics.publish=function(e,n,a){window.Shopify.analytics.replayQueue.push([e,n,a])});var r,i,s,l,d,c,p,u,f=a+"/"+o+"."+function(){var e="legacy",n="unknown",a=null,o=navigator.userAgent.match(/(Firefox|Chrome)\/(\d+)/i),t=navigator.userAgent.match(/(Edg)\/(\d+)/i),r=navigator.userAgent.match(/(Version)\/(\d+)(.+)(Safari)\/(\d+)/i);r?(n="safari",a=parseInt(r[2],10)):t?(n="edge",a=parseInt(t[2],10)):o&&(n=o[1].toLocaleLowerCase(),a=parseInt(o[2],10));var i={chrome:60,firefox:55,safari:11,edge:80}[n];return void 0!==i&&null!==a&&i<=a&&(e="modern"),e}()+".js";r={src:f,async:!0,onload:function(){if(e){var a=window.webPixelsManager.init(e);n(a),window.Shopify.analytics.replayQueue.forEach((function(e){a.publishCustomEvent(e[0],e[1],e[2])})),window.Shopify.analytics.replayQueue=[],window.Shopify.analytics.publish=a.publishCustomEvent}},onerror:function(){var n=(e.storefrontBaseUrl?e.storefrontBaseUrl.replace(/\/$/,""):self.location.origin)+"/.well-known/shopify/monorail/unstable/produce_batch",a=JSON.stringify({metadata:{event_sent_at_ms:(new Date).getTime()},events:[{schema_id:"web_pixels_manager_load/2.0",payload:{version:t||"latest",page_url:self.location.href,status:"failed",error_msg:f+" has failed to load"},metadata:{event_created_at_ms:(new Date).getTime()}}]});try{if(self.navigator.sendBeacon.bind(self.navigator)(n,a))return!0}catch(e){}const o=new XMLHttpRequest;try{return o.open("POST",n,!0),o.setRequestHeader("Content-Type","text/plain"),o.send(a),!0}catch(e){console&&console.warn&&console.warn("[Web Pixels Manager] Got an unhandled error while logging a load error.")}return!1}},i=document.createElement("script"),s=r.src,l=r.async||!0,d=r.onload,c=r.onerror,p=document.head,u=document.body,i.async=l,i.src=s,d&&i.addEventListener("load",d),c&&i.addEventListener("error",c),p?p.appendChild(i):u?u.appendChild(i):console.error("Did not find a head or body element to append the script")})(null,null,"https://cdn.shopify.com/shopifycloud/web-pixels-manager/0.0.186","sandbox","0.0.186");</script>
</head>
<body></body>
</html>
I just got an email from google informing me that in the next few weeks the google shopify channel app will start automatically using google pixel tags for tracking my website!
I really hope this is part of the solution?
Another crawl and unfortunately, we saw a massive increase in no-index pages.
We now have 1,100 not indexed pages for our small site which only has 37 indexed pages! Google impressions and traffic continue a downward trajectory.
We are seeing a big increase in the “collections/all” spam.
Upon reviewing the URLs in GSC we now also see SPAM pages being injected on wpm@ pathway which looks like it means spammers are finding another way in. Sample URLs attached.
Are there any updates on these issues?
Has Shopify communicated with Google to let them know of these problems?
Thanks
We've updated our Definitive SEO Guide to Shopify's Web Pixel Manager Problem article with details of this change: https://p1commerce.com/resources/shopify-web-pixels/#attempt-4
A week after this solution released, seems not much improvement on my GSC. This is the latest indexing I requested last week and just updated by Google today.
Anyone has similar outcome?
The amount of "noindex tag " is still rising on my store. No significant improvement can be observed from my side so far.
Hi Greg,
Please see a snapshot of my Google Search below. It appears to have stabilized. Is this what you expected to see? How should the graph change with time? Thanks.
Hi Greg,
Can Shopify use its "special relationship" with Google (i.e. I understand they are your Cloud Service Provider) to ask Google to do a once off "clear all Shopify websites" of 1. Excluded by 'nonindex' tag and 2. No found (404".
This would then re move all this "stuff" that Shopify appears to have fixed (THANK YOU!) and would then remove all this junk from all our Google Search Console (which would then enable all of us to put this incident behind us).
Having to wait another 6 (maybe longer!) months for the junk to disappear isn't very customer centric. Google should be able to do this for Shopify (as a once off "special") - given you are a large customer.
Please just don't say "we can wait" ..... no we really can't! Please escalate this issue up Shopify's management chain.
Thanks, and we look forward to your reply.
Regards.
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