Route Authority

Installation Guide

Route Authority installs as a BigCommerce embedded app and then guides merchants through setup, review, and publishing from one hosted workflow.

Merchant install flow

  1. Install Route Authority from BigCommerce and approve the requested app scopes.
  2. After the BigCommerce callbacks complete, Route Authority opens the embedded setup flow.
  3. Connect Search Console and GA4, confirm catalog sync, then verify publishing readiness.
  4. Use Results to review publishable recommendations and Review to track rows moved out of Results.

How to read Results

Gate decision

Gate status answers whether a query family cleared Route Authority checks. Pass means the family can move toward publishing. Hold or reject means Route Authority did not approve that family for a live block.

Routing decision

Routing explains why Route Authority kept Google on the current page or recommended a different target. The current page shows where Google already linked the family, and the Route Authority target shows the preferred landing page when a better route was found.

Publish status

Only Live on source page means the block is live on the GSC-linked source page now. Every other publish label means the row is not live yet, whether it is awaiting publish, blocked by review, held by gating, or kept on the same page.

If a merchant disagrees with a result, sending it to Review moves it out of the active Results workflow and into the admin support queue while support investigates what happened or applies a live fix.

Reviewer notes

The current Marketplace packet includes production screenshots for setup, results, review, developer readiness, and terms. Callback verification evidence for install, load, remove-user, uninstall, and reinstall is recorded separately for the submission bundle.