pages ending .atom are for google to quickly read your page to find updates, etc. and should not be indexed (along with a lot of other pages such as canonical, etc). It is normal for them to show up in Crawled but not indexed, etc. and is best practice for them not to be indexed to the search engine. If you find a duplicate page ending in .atom that is indexed (you most likely will not) then go to removals and ask google to remove it. Really not worth worrying about and no reason to ask Shopify support.
Topic summary
Multiple Shopify store owners report discovering hundreds to thousands of .atom URLs appearing in Google Search Console with “Crawled - currently not indexed” status. These URLs are automatically generated feed pages for product and collection pages (e.g., myshop.com/collections/bar/bartender.atom).
Technical Background:
.atompages are XML feeds originally intended to help search engines detect fresh content updates- They display raw code when accessed directly
- Google has begun crawling these pages, potentially impacting crawl budgets
Proposed Solutions:
Preventive measures:
- Add
Disallow: /*.atomto robots.txt file (code snippet provided) - Modify theme.liquid to remove atom feed links from page headers (code snippet provided)
- Add noindex tags to the atom feed XML structure
For already-indexed pages:
- Manual removal requests through Google Search Console (impractical for large volumes)
- Wait for Google to deindex after robots.txt blocking
Current Status:
- Discussion remains unresolved with no official Shopify response
- Community members express frustration about needing developer-level solutions for platform-generated issues
- One user notes these pages showing as “not indexed” is actually normal/best practice, suggesting the issue may not require intervention