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SEO Success Story

Turning a Tile Store
Into a Search Traffic Machine

How we helped Mineraltiles.com achieve a perfect 100 health score, mobile performance score from 37 to 100, fix 9 disapproved Google Merchant products, and build a rock-solid technical SEO foundation.

Industry

Home Decor

Type

E-commerce

Services

SEO · Speed · Merchant

Year

2025–2026

The Problem

What Was
Broken?

Mineraltiles.com had a health score of 73, a mobile performance score of just 37, disapproved products in Google Merchant Center, and toxic backlinks threatening their domain authority.

73

Low Ahrefs Health Score

Crawl errors, poor indexing, and broken links were blocking their search visibility across major engines.

73

Ahrefs Health

37

Mobile Performance Score

PageSpeed Insights showed a mobile score of just 37 — with LCP of 11.5s, Total Blocking Time of 1,540ms, and Speed Index of 8.3s, causing massive user drop-off.

37

Mobile Performance

9

Disapproved Google Merchant Products

9 products were disapproved in Google Merchant Center due to product page accessibility issues and unprocessed images, blocking visibility in Google Shopping.

9

Rejected Listings

18

Toxic Backlinks

SEMrush Backlink Audit flagged toxic and low-quality backlinks from spammy domains — putting domain authority and Google rankings at risk.

18

Toxic Backlinks

Visual Proof

Before & After

Real data showing the tangible improvements across health score, page speed, indexing, and merchant approvals.
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Ahrefs Site Audit

Before
Ahrefs site audit overview for Mineral Tiles showing a health score of 73 with 2,326 errors.

Health Score: 73

After
Ahrefs site audit for Mineral Tiles showing a perfect 100 health score with zero errors.

Health Score: 100

Mobile Performance

Before
Google Lighthouse mobile audit for Mineral Tiles showing a performance score of 37 and SEO score of 85.

Score: 37

After
Google Lighthouse mobile report for Mineral Tiles showing a 100 performance score and 85 SEO score.

Score: 100

Deskstop Performance

Before
Google Lighthouse desktop audit for Mineral Tiles showing a 61 performance score and 85 SEO score.

Score: 61

After
Google Lighthouse desktop report for Mineral Tiles showing 100 performance and 85 SEO scores.

Score: 92

Your Website
Deserves Better

Slow pages and technical errors are silently killing your rankings. Let Salam Experts diagnose and fix every issue — just like we did for Mineral Tiles.

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Our Approach

The Strategy

01
Foundation

Technical Overhaul

  • Full audit via Ahrefs uncovering 16 critical issues
  • Fixed 404 pages, redirect chains, and broken internal links
  • Resolved meta description issues across 1,905 pages
  • Fixed 663 page/SERP title mismatches for better CTR
02
Performance

Speed Optimization

  • Resolved broken JavaScript issues affecting all Core Web Vitals
  • Mobile LCP dropped from 11.5s to 1.2s
  • Total Blocking Time reduced from 1,540ms to 0ms
  • Mobile performance score jumped from 37 to 100
03
Backlinks

Toxic Link Cleanup

  • SEMrush audit identified toxic and low-quality backlinks
  • Disavowed harmful domains via Google Disavow Tool
  • Authority Score maintained at 38 post-cleanup
  • Domain protected from Google manual action risk
04
Growth

Merchant Center & Indexing

  • Resolved all 9 disapproved Google Merchant Center products
  • Verified Google account to resume product syncing
  • 2.35K URLs indexed via sitemap; 7 remaining submitted
  • Q&A XML sitemaps submitted for additional coverage
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Impact

The Numbers
Don’t Lie

100

Health Score

Up from 73 → Perfect

Before

73

After

100

+170%

Mobile Speed Jump

Score 37 → 100

Before

37

After

100

9→0

Merchant Disapprovals

All products approved

Before

9

After

0

2.35K

Pages Indexed

Via XML sitemap

Before

2.35K

After

6.81K

M

CEO

Mineral Tiles

“The transformation was remarkable. Our site went from slow and broken to a perfectly optimized platform. The team fixed every technical issue, got our products back on Google Shopping , and our site now loads instantly on mobile.”
M

Mineral

Tiles

Tile E-commerce SEO

About the Client

Premium Tile &
Stone E-commerce

Mineral Tiles is a premium e-commerce store specializing in natural stone, ceramic, and mosaic tiles for residential and commercial spaces. With thousands of products and a large catalog, the site required a robust technical SEO and performance foundation to maximize organic visibility and Google Shopping revenue.

4,000+

Products in Catalog

2.35K

Pages Indexed

6.81K

All Known Pages

How We Did It

Project Timeline

From first audit to measurable growth — a clear, structured roadmap executed over 15 days.

1
Phase 1

Discovery & Full Audit

Ahrefs audit revealed health score of 73 with 16 critical issues, 2,326 errors. SEMrush Backlink Audit flagged toxic links. PageSpeed showed mobile score of 37 with LCP of 11.5s.

Ahrefs Audit SEMrush PageSpeed Insights ⏱ 1 Days
2
Phase 2

Technical Fixes & Speed Sprint

Fixed 404 pages, redirect chains, meta issues, and broken JS. Mobile performance jumped from 37 to 100. LCP dropped from 11.5s to 1.2s. Total Blocking Time reduced to 0ms. Health score reached 100.

Core Web Vitals JS Fix Speed Optimization ⏱ 2 Days
3
Phase 3

Backlink Cleanup & Disavow

Identified and removed toxic backlinks via SEMrush. Submitted disavow file to Google covering harmful domains and URLs. Domain authority protected at authority score 38.

Google Disavow Keyword Mapping SEMrush Audit ⏱ 2 Days
4
Phase 4

Google Merchant Center Recovery

Resolved all 9 disapproved products by fixing product page accessibility and image processing issues. Verified Google account in Shopify to resume syncing with Google Merchant Center.

Merchant Center Shopify GSC Product Approval ⏱ 4 Days
5
Phase 5

Sitemap & Indexing Campaign

Submitted sitemap.xml, Q&A sitemaps, and product category sitemaps to GSC. 2.35K URLs indexed from sitemap. Indexed remaining 7 non-indexed URLs. GSC monitoring configured for ongoing health tracking.

XML Sitemap GSC Monitoring Index Requests ✓ Delivered