Help with 404's

Technical Q&A
1

Hi all

We have just migrated our site onto shopify but i am seeing a lot of 404’s in search console is the a way i can bulk edit the 404s downloading them from search console and then uploading with the redirects to clear the 404 pages.

Thanks

2

Hi [email removed]

Yes you can bulk fix 404s in Shopify.
Method:

Download the 404 URLs from Google Search Console (export to CSV).
Clean the file so you have:
Old URL (Redirect from
New URL (Redirect to
Format it like this CSV:

Redirect from,Redirect to
/old-page,/new-page
/old-product,/products/new-product

Go to:
Shopify Admin → Content → Menus → URL Redirects
Click Import and upload the CSV.

Important
Use relative URLs only (no full domain).
Make sure the new URLs exist.

Once uploaded, Shopify will automatically handle the redirects and your 404s will clear over time in Search Console

3

Hi

Thanks for the reply that looks perfect so can i just comfirm which part of the URL to be redirected do i use

This URL

https://www.ultrabeamlighting.co.uk/product/interior-lighting/reading-lights/3-watt-white-surface-mounted-bedside-led-reading-light/

Do i just use this bit of the URL ?

/product/interior-lighting/reading-lights/3-watt-white-surface-mounted-bedside-led-reading-light/

thanks

4

Yes @Mungo2007

For a Shopify redirect, you only use the path not the full domain.

So in your case, you would enter:

/product/interior-lighting/reading-lights/3-watt-white-surface-mounted-bedside-led-reading-light/

NOT:

https://www.ultrabeamlighting.co.uk/product/interior-lighting/reading-lights/3-watt-white-surface-mounted-bedside-led-reading-light/

In Shopify:

Go to
Online Store → Navigation → URL Redirects → Create URL redirect
Redirect from
/product/interior-lighting/reading-lights/3-watt-white-surface-mounted-bedside-led-reading-light/
Redirect to:
Your new Shopify product URL (for example):
/products/3-watt-white-surface-mounted-bedside-led-reading-light

That’s it

If you’re migrating from WordPress/WooCommerce, make sure:
The old URL structure matches exactly
You include the trailing slash if the old URL had one

5

ah so thatis why iu am getting so many 404 errors it has been using the complete url for the redirects

thank you

6

Thanks for the replies above

Is there an app or something i can use to identify these 404 errors early rather than having to wait for search console to pick them up

I really need to try and get on these early rather than wait the week or so for search console to find them

Thanks

7

hi. since you specifically asked for an app, adnabu’s redirect manager app can help. it auto-detecs 404s as soon as a user lands on such pages, and also provides you options to fix such links in bulk using CSV files and wildcard redirects.