Migration Guide
Migrate from Avada SEO
to Index AI.
An honest read on whether the switch fits your store, what stays the same, what changes, the concrete migration path — and the case for staying put if that's actually the right call.
The honest case
Why move from Avada SEO?
Avada SEO is a broad Swiss-army-knife classic-SEO toolkit (alt text, image compression, meta tags, broken-link checker, basic Schema). All useful for the Google blue-link surface. But Avada doesn't target the AI-search execution layer — no llms.txt, no complete Schema.org Product suite, no IndexNow push, no AI Readiness diagnostic. For stores that want to cover both classic + AI-search SEO comprehensively, the pattern is to keep Avada for the broad classic surface and add Index AI for the AI layer.
What stays the same
- Avada SEO stays installed for image compression, alt text automation, broken-link monitoring — all the broad classic-SEO toolkit.
- Your Shopify theme, sitemap, URL structure are unchanged.
- Your Google Search Console setup continues working.
- Your other Shopify Apps integrate cleanly with both tools.
What changes
- You add llms.txt generation — the AI-crawler guidance Avada doesn't cover.
- You add the complete Schema.org Product suite (not just Avada's basic Schema).
- You add IndexNow push for Bing-aligned AI-answer engines.
- You add the AI Readiness Score — composite diagnostic of your AI-search posture.
Migration path
The concrete steps.
- 1
Install Index AI alongside Avada SEO
Different surfaces. Free tier on Index AI.
- 2
Verify no Schema duplication
Both apps emit Schema; configure Index AI as the canonical source for Product schema. Avada's basic Schema can be turned off if there's overlap.
- 3
Configure llms.txt + IndexNow in Index AI
Auto-generated from your catalogue; pinged on every change.
- 4
Run the AI Readiness Score
Composite diagnostic. Address gaps one at a time.
- 5
Keep Avada for the classic SEO surface
Image compression + alt text automation continue to earn their keep.
When NOT to switch
If you only care about Google blue links + image-search optimisation, Avada alone is sufficient. The case for adding Index AI strengthens as your category's AI-answer visibility starts mattering — which, in 2026, is happening fast across most verticals.
FAQ
About the migration.
Ready to migrate?
Free to install. Try Index AI alongside Avada SEO and migrate page-by-page on your timeline.