A business owner discontinued their 16oz chimichurri jar in favor of an 8oz size due to customer feedback. After the change, their product stopped appearing in Google searches for “buy chimichurri,” despite previously ranking for their original product.
Current Status:
The old product URL has already been redirected to the new product page
Search visibility has dropped significantly
Recommended Optimizations:
Improve the collection page title (e.g., “Buy Gourmet Chimichurri Sauces”)
Use more targeted H1 tags like “Chimichurri Sauces” or simply “Chimichurri”
Shorten the visible product description using a “show more” feature to prevent pushing products below the fold
Update main navigation anchor text to be more descriptive (e.g., “Shop Chimichurri”)
The discussion remains open with no confirmation whether these suggestions resolved the visibility issue.
Summarized with AI on October 30.
AI used: claude-sonnet-4-5-20250929.
I had recently discontinued a product size that was showing up on google searches, how can I redirect all that to my new size?
I had a 16oz jar of chimichurri that I discontinued because people kept telling me that it was too big. And now I have a 8oz jar.
when people searched for chimichurri only one(“the original”) was listed. I get no hits anymore and I am freaking out considering that my new product size doesn’t show up anywhere on the searches.
A title like 'Buy Gourmet Chimichurri Sauces" might be worth playing around with, along with a more targeted h1 like “Chimichurri Sauces” or even just “Chimichurri”
The description is great, but long. See if there’s a way you can only show part of it, then “click to show more” so it doesn’t push the products so far down the page.
In the main nav, change the anchor text to something more descriptive, like ‘Shop Chimichurri’