SEO & Sitemap

SEO helps people find you on Google. In Joomni, each page, product, collection and post has its own search settings, the sitemap builds itself, and the SEO & Sitemap tab shows what search engines can see.

In the dashboard:Settings › SEO & SitemapPlan:All plans

Where SEO is set

Search engines read what each page declares, so there's no single store-wide title. Set SEO where the content lives:

ContentWhere
Website pagesPage builder › Page SEO & Settings.
ProductsThe SEO card at the bottom of the product form.
CollectionsThe SEO card in the collection form.
Blog postsThe post’s title, slug and excerpt.

Each SEO card has the same fields:

FieldWhat it does
SEO TitleThe blue headline in Google. Up to about 60 characters. Put the most important words first.
Meta DescriptionThe grey text under it. Up to about 160 characters. Write it like a mini advert.
KeywordsOptional. A few phrases you want the page to be found for.
Social Sharing ImageThe picture shown when the link is shared on Facebook, WhatsApp or Viber.
JSON-LD SchemasAdvanced. Structured data (Organization, Product, Article…) that can earn rich results. Add it in the head or body.

Let AI write it

The AI Content Generator on products and collections writes an SEO title and meta description along with the rest of the content.

Your sitemap

The sitemap is a list of every page on your site for search engines. Joomni builds it automatically from your live products, collections, blog posts and pages. The SEO & Sitemap tab shows how many URLs of each type are listed, your newest content, and when the sitemap was last submitted.

  1. Submit to search engines

    Click Submit to search engines to notify Bing, Yandex, Seznam and Naver right away.
  2. Add your site to Google Search Console

    Google no longer accepts sitemap pings, so add your site in Google Search Console, verify it, and submit your sitemap URL (shown in the tab) there once. Google then checks it regularly.

robots.txt

robots.txt tells crawlers which parts of your store they may read. The default already blocks carts, checkouts and account pages; only edit it if you know what you need. Changes go live within a few minutes, and you can reset to the default at any time.

Discourage search engines

Turning on Discourage search engines hides the whole store from search results while you build. It overrides everything else. Remember to turn it off before you launch. Joomni warns you if your robots.txt contains Disallow: /.

SEO checklist for launch

  • Every important page has its own SEO title and meta description, with no duplicates.
  • Product titles say what the product is (“Handmade Lokta Paper Notebook, A5”), not just a code.
  • Images have clear file names; see Media.
  • Old URLs from a previous site are redirected.
  • Your own domain is connected and your site is added to Google Search Console.
  • You publish useful blog posts regularly.
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