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=in…

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@jackzhu please DM me one of those links marked as Mar 28

Hello Greg, I have not posted in this thread previously, but we are experiencing the same issue. We are having the same issue, in Google Search Console we have around 25 [email removed] 404 not found errors, with Google last crawl dates ranging from March 11 - March 25. I am unable to send you a …

Hi Greg, Just DM you one of those links. Pls check

It is from google search console.

@PixelsPhotoArt which report in GSC?

@PixelsPhotoArt great, that is the expected result, we want to see the old URLs in the 404 report. There is no harm there.

How can a 404 with no way to redirect can be an expected result that brings no harm when search engines will penalize websites with a high number of 404 errors, as it can indicate that the website is not well-maintained or has broken links. This can lead to lower search engine rankings and reduced v…

Why would you want to redirect these “no content” pixel pages? A redirect means that the page now exists elsewhere. The pages are gone, so communicate that. The context of those 404s is important. There is no “404 penalty” for Google. Those pixel pages do not exist and are not internally linked f…

why not fix these issues instead of semi-fixing them? Surely you can set the header to remove or redirect them? I also do not want a bunch of 401’s that will stay in the Google system forever for a coding mistake I did not make

How can I prevent the new indexing bug from creating useless pages on Google?

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PixelsPhotoArt March 30, 2023, 3:32pm 151

Greg, the 404 report. Should I forward them to you in a DM?

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How can I prevent the new indexing bug from creating useless pages on Google?

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