PrestaShop is powerful for ecommerce, but stores can develop SEO problems involving duplicate URLs, indexing, product pages, images, redirects, speed, and duplicate content. Fixing these issues systematically can help search engines crawl and understand your store more effectively.

1. Fix Non-SEO-Friendly URLs

Avoid URLs containing unnecessary parameters or IDs.

❌ Poor

example.com/index.php?id_product=25&controller=product

✅ Better

example.com/black-leather-wallet

In PrestaShop, check:

Shop Parameters → Traffic & SEO → Friendly URL

Enable Friendly URLs.

Keep URLs:

• Short
• Descriptive
• Lowercase
• Separated with hyphens
• Relevant to the page

2. Fix Duplicate Content

Ecommerce websites can create duplicate or very similar pages through:

• Product combinations
• Filters
• Sorting
• Pagination
• Search pages
• Tracking parameters

For example:

/category/shoes
/category/shoes?color=black
/category/shoes?sort=price

These URLs may create different versions of essentially the same category.

Solution

Use appropriate:

• Canonical URLs
• Redirects
• Noindex directives where appropriate
• Internal-linking controls

Be careful not to accidentally block important product or category pages.

3. Fix Missing Meta Titles

Every important product and category page should have a useful title.

Poor

Product Page | My Store

Better

Men’s Black Leather Wallet | Brand Name

Keep the title descriptive and focused on the actual page content.

4. Improve Meta Descriptions

A meta description should accurately summarize the page and encourage relevant users to click.

Example

Shop men’s black leather wallets with multiple card slots. Explore durable designs and find the right wallet for everyday use.

Avoid copying the same description across hundreds of products.

5. Fix Missing Product Descriptions

Don’t rely only on the product name.

A useful product page can include:

• Product description
• Key features
• Specifications
• Materials
• Size
• Available colors
• Shipping information
• FAQs

This gives search engines more useful content to understand the product.

6. Fix Duplicate Product Descriptions

Copying the manufacturer’s description onto every store’s website can result in very similar content across many websites.

Instead, create original descriptions.

For example, include:

Features

• Genuine leather
• Multiple card slots
• Compact design
• Multiple compartments

Specifications

• Material: Leather
• Color: Black
• Dimensions: 11 × 9 cm

7. Optimize Product Images

Images can create both SEO and performance problems.

Use:

• Descriptive filenames
• Appropriate image dimensions
• WebP where supported
• Compression
• Descriptive alt text

Example

mens-black-leather-wallet.webp

Alt text:

Men’s black leather wallet

Avoid keyword stuffing in alt text.

8. Fix Broken Links and 404 Errors

Products may be deleted or URLs may change.

This can create:

404 Not Found

Find broken URLs using tools such as Google Search Console and your site crawler.

If a product has moved to a new equivalent URL, use a 301 redirect.

If a product is permanently discontinued and there is no suitable replacement, the appropriate response can depend on the situation rather than automatically redirecting everything to the homepage.

9. Fix Redirect Problems

Avoid unnecessary redirect chains.

❌ Example

Old URL
   ↓
Redirect 1
   ↓
Redirect 2
   ↓
Final URL

Prefer:

Old URL
   ↓
Final URL

Also check for redirect loops.

10. Create and Check Your XML Sitemap

Your XML sitemap helps search engines discover important URLs.

Check your PrestaShop sitemap and submit the sitemap URL through Google Search Console.

Make sure the sitemap contains important canonical URLs rather than:

• Deleted products
• Duplicate URLs
• Redirect URLs
• Unnecessary parameter URLs

11. Check Robots.txt

Your robots.txt file controls crawler access to parts of your website.

Don’t accidentally block important areas such as:

• Product pages
• Category pages
• Images
• Important CSS/JavaScript resources

A robots.txt mistake can prevent search engines from properly crawling your store.

12. Fix Indexing Problems

Use Google Search Console to check:

Indexing → Pages

Look for statuses such as:

• Crawled – currently not indexed
• Discovered – currently not indexed
• Excluded by noindex
• Duplicate without user-selected canonical
• Page with redirect
• Not found (404)

Investigate why important pages are excluded instead of trying to index every URL.

13. Improve Internal Linking

Create useful links between related pages.

For example:

Home
 ↓
Men's Wallets
 ↓
Leather Wallets
 ↓
Black Leather Wallet

You can also link related products and relevant categories.

Good internal linking helps users navigate your store and helps search engines discover relationships between pages.

14. Fix Slow PrestaShop Pages

Website speed is important for user experience and can affect search performance.

Check:

• Product image sizes
• Hosting
• Caching
• CSS
• JavaScript
• Modules
• Third-party scripts
• Database performance
• CDN configuration

Use PageSpeed Insights and Google Search Console’s Core Web Vitals reports to identify performance problems.

15. Check Mobile SEO

Your store should work properly on smartphones.

Check:

• Text size
• Product images
• Navigation
• Buttons
• Menus
• Checkout
• Product variations
• Page loading speed

Don’t optimize only the desktop version.

PrestaShop SEO Audit Checklist

Recommended PrestaShop SEO Workflow

Step 1: Crawl your website
↓
Step 2: Find broken URLs
↓
Step 3: Check indexing in Google Search Console
↓
Step 4: Fix duplicate URLs and canonical issues
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Step 5: Optimize titles and descriptions
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Step 6: Improve product content
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Step 7: Optimize images
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Step 8: Improve internal linking
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Step 9: Improve website speed
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Step 10: Resubmit/check your sitemap and monitor results

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