How can I edit what appears under my main store title on Google?

Shopify Discussion

Topic summary

Controlling the links shown under the store’s main Google result (sitelinks), specifically removing a “Collectie: - Homepage” entry.

  • One view: These sitelinks can’t be directly edited or removed; Google selects them based on user behavior and site structure.
  • Alternative approach: Add a noindex tag to the specific page to prevent it from appearing in Google at all. Caution: this removes the entire page from search, not just the sitelink.

Next steps discussed:

  • The merchant asked how to add noindex in the Spotlight theme (no direct instructions provided in-thread).
  • Suggested workaround: Use Google Search Console (GSC) to exclude the URL via Indexing → Removals, avoiding theme code changes.

Key terms:

  • Sitelinks: Additional links Google shows beneath the main search result.
  • noindex: A directive telling search engines not to index a page.
  • GSC (Google Search Console): Google’s tool for managing a site’s presence in search.

Status: Partially answered. There’s disagreement on removability; a practical path via GSC Removals is suggested. Exact steps for adding noindex in Shopify/Spotlight remain unanswered. An image was shared, likely showing the unwanted sitelink.

Summarized with AI on January 8. AI used: gpt-5.
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How to remove that ’ Collectie: - Homepage’ page from showing on google when searching my store… And how do I choice what comes to stand underneeth my main store title ‘LARS LION’ all those other links I should edit and manage, Please help

Kind regards

Lars

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It cannot be removed. Those links appear because visitors view them frequently and Google decides to appear.

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Hi @LarsLion

If you need to remove a sitelink from Google Search, you will need to add [noindex] to the specific page.

But please consider this while doing this. You will be asking Google NOT to index the page at all. So, it won’t show the result of this page on Google Search at all.

Thanks,

Sajat

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How/where do I add [noindex] to specific pages? I have spotlight theme.

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How/where do I add [noindex] to specific pages? I have spotlight theme.

Thanks,

Lars

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Hi there,

Do you use Google search console?

If you use GSC, it is easier to Exclude URL on GSC than adding codes on Shopify.

Please go to Indexing → Removals and the URL that you want to exclude on Google Search.

Thanks,

Sajat

Sajat