TItle Tags - Web Crawler says they are Missing

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Hello! I just did a web crawl with ahref’s as my SEO needs work. One of the issues that came up is that I have 79 missing or empty title tags on my collection pages, blogs, product pages etc. It also says the meta description tags are missing or empty.

Now, I have title tags (and descriptions) and tags in all of my pages in the Search Engine Listing area so why are crawlers not able to pick this up and how do I fix this? I’m currently using the Prestige theme.

Any help would be appreciated!

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Hey @CraftySpin ,

This issue usually happens when the theme, like Prestige, doesn’t properly render the meta title and description tags in the actual HTML <head> section, even if you’ve filled them in the “Search Engine Listing” area in Shopify. Crawlers like Ahrefs depend on what’s output in the page source, not just what’s stored in Shopify’s backend. To fix this, you may need to manually check and update the theme.liquid (or relevant layout file) to ensure it includes proper Liquid code like {{ page_title }} and {{ page_description }} or {{ content_for_header }} in the <head> section. You can also test your pages with Google’s Rich Results Test or View Page Source to confirm if the meta tags are appearing correctly.

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This is what’s currently under the theme.liquid are in the “head” section. It looks like everything is there? I’m not a code expert :slightly_smiling_face:

{% if page_title == blank %}{{ shop.name }}{% else %}{{ page_title }}{% if current_page != 1 %} – {{ 'general.page' | t: page: current_page }}{% endif %}{% endif %}

{%- if page_description -%}

{%- endif -%}

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Ok! I checked the theme.liquid section and this is what is under the “head” section. It looks like everything is there? I’m not great with code.

{% if page_title == blank %}{{ shop.name }}{% else %}{{ page_title }}{% if current_page != 1 %} – {{ 'general.page' | t: page: current_page }}{% endif %}{% endif %}

{%- if page_description -%}

{%- endif -%}

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Hi @CraftySpin

If you have already added the missing title tags, but still fail to present them properly to crawlers. This is mostly due to the outdated index result on the Google end. You can consider submitting the sitemap again in Google Search Console, and after waiting for some time, like several days, you can make a search and check again if they are still missing.

Meanwhile, would you like to share the store URL here with me? I’m very willing to check whether the title tags are added correctly or not from the page backend. Thank you!