How do you optimize out-of-stock product pages without losing SEO value?

[beeparker685]

Hi everyone,
 
I'm currently reviewing our product catalog and ran into the challenge of handling out-of-stock items. I know removing them entirely can hurt SEO, but keeping them as-is may confuse customers. How do you optimize out-of-stock product pages without losing search visibility or conversions? I'm especially interested in strategies that maintain ranking signals, structured data, and internal linking. Also curious if anyone has experience integrating insights from ecommerce SEO services to improve these pages naturally without making them feel like dead ends. Any practical tips or examples would be super helpful!