The below link is to a page that was added to my website without my knowledge and permission. It was identified on my Google Search Console as a page that has been crawled but not indexed. Vendors is not on my list of collections. How do I remove it? Thank you in advance.
Topic summary
Multiple Shopify store owners have discovered unauthorized spam pages appearing on their websites, typically under /collections/vendors URLs with suspicious query parameters. These pages promote third-party services (like gaming currency and lingerie sites) and are being indexed by Google Search Console despite not being intentionally created by the store owners.
Key Issues:
- Pages contain encoded/reversed text promoting external commercial sites
- Appearing across multiple different Shopify stores simultaneously
- Not visible in template code or admin panels
- Being crawled by Google, potentially affecting SEO
Current Status:
- No one has identified how to remove the malicious code
- Shopify has not yet responded to affected users
- The widespread nature suggests a potential security vulnerability or compromised theme/app
Users suspect this is a spam injection attempt to gain free backlinks and boost external sites’ Google rankings. The discussion remains unresolved with participants seeking guidance on removal methods and official Shopify response.
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Hello,
we have the same Problem. Please help us!
Having the same issue. Google picked it up while indexing my site, but i can’t find it anywhere in the template code. I searched the text and it seems to be in a ton of other stores’ code as well…
Shopify needs to respond to this and tell vendors why there’s hidden code in their templates pointing to a sketchy store. Seems pretty sktchy/scammy to me, like someone is trying to get free links to boost their site on Google…
I’m also having this same issue! I got this page randomly show up on my Google Console and I have no idea how to remove it
Same issue. Can’t figure out how to remove the code.
Has Shopify gotten back to anyone?