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Stand up. Lead the crowd.

Scaling a complex Shopify store demands an aggressive, expert-led SEO strategy. We are the Shopify SEO agency that turns organic traffic into an engine for revenue acceleration. Our Digital PR and Shopify SEO experts leverage 131 years of combined experience to dismantle your competitors and correct the technical roadblocks that are holding your profit margins hostage. 

Within 6 months, our forensic Shopify SEO services resulted in a 46% increase in organic revenue for Shopify stores. Move beyond vanity rankings to true market domination.

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The Shopify SEO challenge

Incomplete or missing product attributes are a sure-fire way to stop users from finding your products in the SERPs, paid ads and AI tools altogether. Zero visibility, zero revenue.

Content cannibalisation

Shopify’s default structure often creates multiple URLs for the same content, which confuses search engines and dilutes your link authority. Content cross-contamination at its worst.

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No room to grow

Poorly structured Shopify stores aren’t set up for product growth. The more products you add, the more problems you encounter. Disorganised collections, confusing navigation and incompatible filters are a one-way road to poor user experience. And less money in your pockets.

Down the drain

Shoddy Shopify SEO impacts more than organic search. Pages stop driving traffic. Shopify PPC fees skyrocket. All leading to your website being overlooked by AI crawlers. Scaling your website properly requires real Shopify SEO experts.

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Forensic Shopify SEO Services

A solid foundation

Stop fighting the platform’s default settings. Shopify’s rigid structure creates immediate flaws: duplicate content, messy URLs, and slow speed. Our Technical Shopify SEO experts perform a surgical audit to identify every structural failure, from canonical errors to template-level bloat. Then, we implement proprietary code and configurations to override those limitations, building an indexing fortress that Google rewards with authority.

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Scalable site architecture

Shopify’s default structure is often a flat, unscalable mess. Our Shopify SEO agency imposes absolute hierarchical rigour across your entire product catalogue, creating a faultless taxonomy of collections, products, tags, and filters. This is not just tidying up—it’s establishing the structural integrity that guarantees maximum link equity across every product page, and an intuitive user journey that converts users into paying customers.

Conversion-led content optimisation

Generic product descriptions are a death sentence for e-commerce SEO. We create unique, high-intent content pillars across your product and collection pages, mapping every keyword cluster to a single asset. This isn’t just copywriting; it’s a strategic defence that kills keyword cannibalisation and ensures your category pages outrank every competitor.

Building a brand that converts

In a crowded market, you need authority to win. Our Digital PR experts are mandated to secure high-tier, editorially earned backlinks from premium publications and industry sources. This is the off-page SEO leverage that Google cannot ignore, building the E-A-T required to leapfrog stagnating competitors and cement your store as a category leader.

Pathway to revenue

Traffic for traffic’s sake is a costly distraction. Our Shopify SEO services are never executed in a vacuum. We integrate directly with your Conversion Rate Optimisation (CRO) goals, ensuring that every ranking and click is mapped to a tangible revenue increase. Optimising the entire organic journey delivers qualified traffic that not only immediately converts, but keeps your customers coming back for more.

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FAQs

What is a Shopify SEO agency?
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Essential to maximise your e-commerce revenue. 

A Shopify SEO agency specialises in optimising Shopify e-commerce websites to improve their visibility, traffic and revenue in organic search. Shopify SEO agencies are experts at tailoring SEO strategies to the unique needs and architecture of Shopify platforms, addressing both on-page and off-page elements. They focus on enhancing aspects like site speed, mobile responsiveness, keyword mapping, product descriptions, and backlink profiles to increase organic traffic and sales.

How is Shopify SEO different to other SEO strategies?
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SEO on Shopify involves some unique considerations compared to other websites due to the platform’s structure and limitations. While the core principles of SEO, such as keyword research, engaging content, and backlink building, remain consistent, Shopify users must adapt their strategies to accommodate the platform’s templated nature (which can be a real pain). For instance, Shopify automatically generates canonical tags to prevent duplicate content issues, and it requires the use of apps or coding adjustments to implement advanced SEO features like structured data or custom meta tags. Additionally, since Shopify is an e-commerce platform, it places a greater emphasis on product page optimisations, such as creating unique product descriptions, optimising images, and enhancing page load speeds to improve user experience.

Do I need an agency that specialises in Shopify SEO?
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Yes, if you want to make as much money as possible. While Shopify provides built-in SEO-friendly features, maximising your store’s visibility in search engines requires a deep understanding of Shopify SEO intricacies. Our experienced Shopify SEO agency has a thorough understanding of how to optimise product listings, collection pages, and technical aspects to improve the functionality of your e-commerce website and generate more organic revenue. Having this level of expertise to hand reduces the rigamarole of trial and error you might encounter on your own, saving you precious time and money in the long-run.

Do you only work with Shopify websites?
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Not at all. The majority of e-commerce websites we work with do happen to be on Shopify, but we also work across other e-commerce platforms such as Magento. Alongside our e-commerce SEO offering, we manage non-commercial websites across a variety of platforms, such as WordPress, Umbraco and custom CMS systems.

How to improve SEO on Shopify websites?
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Ultimately, this is the same as a solid SEO strategy for any website. Audit, keyword research, strategy, technical fixes, collection page set up, and product page optimisations will form the basis of any Shopify SEO strategy. The level of detail and how well these elements are executed will be down to your Shopify SEO agency of choice, so choose wisely.

Why is taxonomy important for larger product ranges?
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Taxonomy is crucial for managing extensive product ranges because it provides a structured framework that enhances both the user experience and operational efficiency. With a well-organised taxonomy, customers can easily navigate and find products through logical categories and subcategories, reducing frustration and increasing the likelihood of conversion. This systematic classification allows customers to refine and personalise their searches to discover products that meet their specific needs. Aside from the SEO benefits, clear taxonomy supports seamless inventory management, data analysis, and reporting by offering a consistent method for cataloguing and retrieving product information.

How does our Shopify SEO agency handle thousands of products?
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Our Shopify SEO experts have refined a systematic and data-driven approach for managing and maximising large product ranges (we’re talking in the tens of thousands and higher). Following a forensic audit to identify potential areas for optimisation, we leverage Shopify’s existing in-built tools alongside industry-leading plugins we have tried and tested for years to implement the critical fixes on your website. When the pre-built tools don’t quite cut the mustard, we can edit your theme and liquid files themselves, and support creating bespoke plugins.

How does your Shopify SEO work improve performance in AI tools?
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By having a well-structured, fast-loading website with expertly optimised collection and product pages, your website will be more likely to appear in Google’s AI overviews on the SERPs as well as the traditional page 1 listings. With LLMs such as ChatGPT expanding to offer in-chat shopping options, ensuring that your product offerings are technically set up and the product data is as complete as possible enables your website to be discovered and ranked well by AI crawlers, putting your products in front of any users who are searching via LLMs.

What results can I expect from a Shopify SEO project?
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A faster, better-structured website that reaches more users organically searching for products and collections. More qualified users mean more paying customers. And more money in your bank account.

What makes Dark Horse different from other agencies?
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Our Shopify SEO agency prides itself on integrity above all else. Forensic work, putting ourselves in our clients’ shoes, and taking accountability for all our work underpin everything we do. No vanity metrics or smoke and mirrors here.

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