E-commerce SEO
Product Pages
Productschema withoffers,aggregateRating,review,brandBreadcrumbListschema- Unique meta title/description per product
- Canonical to self (not category)
- Reviews above the fold (with schema)
- Out-of-stock: keep page, set
availability: OutOfStock, link to alternatives
Category Pages
- Intro paragraph 150-300 words (above products)
- H1 with category keyword
- Pagination:
rel="canonical"on each paginated page (Google deprecated rel=next/prev) - Filter URLs: see Faceted Navigation below
Faceted Navigation Rules
| Filter combo | Action |
|---|---|
| 1-2 filters (popular) | Index, unique meta, custom canonical |
| 3+ filters | noindex, follow |
| Sort params (?sort=) | Canonical to clean URL |
| Pagination | Canonical to self, no noindex |
Internal Search
- Block
/search?q=*in robots.txt (avoid index bloat) - But optimize top searched terms as static pages
Schema Templates
templates/json-ld/product.jsontemplates/json-ld/breadcrumb.json
Marketplaces
- Amazon: A+ Content, backend keywords
- Etsy: tags, attributes, video listings
- eBay: item specifics, gallery photos