# SEO and sharing

> What your store does for search engines and AI assistants automatically, where to write titles and descriptions, the share image, and getting listed on Google.

Product: NijeesWeb online store builder · Source: https://www.nijeesweb.com/docs/ecommerce/settings/seo-and-sharing · Updated 2026-10-06

## What your store does automatically

- **Complete HTML** — pages are sent fully rendered, so search engines and AI tools read them without running scripts.
- **Clean addresses** — `/products/linen-kurta`, `/categories/kurtas`, `/blog/how-to-style-a-kurta`.
- **Fast pages** — photos converted to WebP on upload.

## Where you write titles and descriptions

| What | Where |
| --- | --- |
| Pages | **Pages → Seo** on the page's row: title, description, keywords, custom meta tags — fill in **all four** (see below). |
| Products | Product form → **Content → Meta Information** — saved, but not yet used on product pages. See [Product SEO](https://www.nijeesweb.com/docs/ecommerce/products/product-seo). |
| Categories and brands | Their form → **Meta Information** — fill in all four, including **Custom Meta Tags**. |
| Blog posts | **Blogs** → the post's **SEO** button — fill in every box, including the custom meta tags. |

Write a title of 50–60 characters and a description of up to about 155, in the words your customers search for.

> [!IMPORTANT]
> SEO settings for a page, category, brand or blog post are used only when **every box** — Title, Description, Keywords and Custom Meta Tags — is filled in. If any one is empty, the page falls back to your store name as its title and has no description. If you have no custom tags to add, put a harmless one in the fourth box: `<meta name="robots" content="index, follow">`.

## The share image

**Settings → Meta → Add my own meta tags and share image → Meta Image** is the picture shown when your store's link is shared on WhatsApp, Facebook or X. Use 1200 × 630 pixels with your logo or a product.

![Meta settings](https://www.nijeesweb.com/marketing/img/docs/ecommerce/admin/settings-meta-1200.webp "Settings → Meta: the share image")

The **Meta Data** box on the same screen is saved but not currently added to your pages — put verification and other head tags in your home page's **Custom Meta Tags** instead.

## Add robots.txt, a sitemap and llms.txt

Your store does not create these three files by itself — until you add them, `yourdomain/sitemap.xml`, `/robots.txt` and `/llms.txt` show *not found*. Add them under **Custom Files**, at `yourdomain/admin/custom-files` (the screen is not in the menu — type the address).

1. Open `yourdomain/admin/custom-files` and select **Add New**.
2. **Name** — choose **robots.txt**, **sitemap.xml** or **llms.txt**.
3. **Type** — **Text** to type the content, or **File Upload** to upload a file.
4. Save.

**robots.txt** — this is enough for most stores:

```
User-agent: *
Allow: /
Disallow: /admin
Disallow: /checkout
Disallow: /cart
Sitemap: https://www.yourdomain/sitemap.xml
```

**sitemap.xml** — the list of your pages, categories and products. Make one with a free sitemap generator (search for *XML sitemap generator*): give it your store's address, download the `sitemap.xml` it makes, and upload it with **File Upload**. Make a new one when you add many products.

**llms.txt** *(optional)* — a short plain-text description of your store for AI assistants: who you are, what you sell, where you deliver, and links to your main categories and policy pages.

## Get listed on Google

1. Go to [Google Search Console](https://search.google.com/search-console) and add your store's domain.
2. Verify it — with the **Domain** method (a TXT record at your domain registrar), or the **HTML tag** method: paste the tag into your **home page's** **Pages → Seo → Custom Meta Tags** (with the other three boxes filled in) and save.
3. Under **Sitemaps**, submit `sitemap.xml` (after adding it as above).

Google usually starts showing new pages within days. Do the same at [Bing Webmaster Tools](https://www.bing.com/webmasters) — Bing also feeds ChatGPT search and Copilot.

## Doing well over time

- Unique descriptions on your products and categories.
- A blog that answers real questions, linking to products.
- Your store's address on your Google Business Profile, Instagram and WhatsApp Business.
- Fast photos — sensible sizes, not 10 MB camera originals.