Some Sites Have Huge Crawl Rate Declines In Google Search Console
There are numerous complaints from SEOs and site owners who are noticing significant declines in crawl rates within Google Search Console. Most who see this, many do not by the…
Google: Soft 404s Use Crawl Budget Despite 200 OK Status
Google clarifies that soft 404 pages consume crawl budget, even when they return a 200 OK status. Here’s how this affects your site. The post Google: Soft 404s Use Crawl…
Beyond Keywords: Leveraging Technical SEO To Boost Crawl Efficien...
Crawl optimization isn’t optional in 2025. It’s the foundation. Fix crawl traps, JavaScript blocks, and redirect issues to stay competitive in AI-driven search. The post Beyond Keywords: Leveraging Technical SEO…
Google: Database Speed Beats Page Count For Crawl Budget
Google reveals database speed matters more than page count for crawl budget. Sites under 1M pages remain safe. The post Google: Database Speed Beats Page Count For Crawl Budget appeared…
Ask An SEO: How To Implement Faceted Navigation Without Hurting C...
Faceted navigation enhances ecommerce UX but poses SEO risks. Learn how to manage filters without harming crawl efficiency or indexing strategy. The post Ask An SEO: How To Implement Faceted…
Google: Host Resources On Different Hostname To Save Crawl Budget...
Google recommends hosting website resources on CDNs or subdomains to preserve main site’s crawl budget for better indexing. The post Google: Host Resources On Different Hostname To Save Crawl Budget…
Google Updates Crawl Budget Best Practices
Google has updated its crawl budget guidelines, stressing the need to maintain consistent link structures between the mobile and desktop versions of websites. The post Google Updates Crawl Budget Best…
Ask An SEO: How To Stop Filter Results From Eating Crawl Budget
Stop filter results from eating up your crawl budget. Optimize your website’s indexing and prioritize important pages for search engine crawling. The post Ask An SEO: How To Stop Filter…
9 Tips To Optimize Crawl Budget For SEO
Understanding crawl budget for SEO optimization. Discover how to improve your website’s crawl budget and enhance search engine visibility. The post 9 Tips To Optimize Crawl Budget For SEO appeared…
9 Tips To Optimize Crawl Budget For SEO
Understanding crawl budget for SEO optimization. Discover how to improve your website’s crawl budget and enhance search engine visibility. The post 9 Tips To Optimize Crawl Budget For SEO appeared…
Crawl Budget: What Is It and Why Is It Important for SEO?
Learn what crawl budget is and how optimizing for it can improve your site’s visibility.
Google: Crawl Budget Goes Across All Googlebot Crawling, Not Just...
When it comes to crawl budget and Google not crawling your site too much or too little, Google takes into account all Googlebot activity across all verticals. So that includes…
Google Crawl Budget Is Allocated By Hostname
Google gives every hostname its own allocated crawl budget. So that means each domain, subdomain, etc has its own unique crawl budget.
Google Answers A Crawl Budget Issue Question
Google’s John Mueller answers a Reddit SEO question about a crawl budget problem and offers advice about crawl budgets in general The post Google Answers A Crawl Budget Issue Question…
Google Search Console Crawl Rate Setting Is Officially Gone
Google has finally done away with the crawl rate setting within the legacy Google Search Console. It now redirects to the blog post about the feature going away.
Google Crawl Rate Setting Going Away & Googlebot To Lower Min...
The legacy feature to control how fast Google crawls your website is going away on January 8, 2024. It is a feature that launched 15 years ago but Google never…
Google Removing Crawl Rate Limiter Tool From Search Console
Google announced that the Googlebot crawl rate limiter will soon disappear from search console The post Google Removing Crawl Rate Limiter Tool From Search Console appeared first on Search Engine…
Crawl Budget: What Is It and Does It Affect SEO?
Learn what crawl budget is and how optimizing it improves search visibility.
How To Manage Crawl Budget For Large Sites
Prioritize the crawling and indexing of important and updated pages to optimize Googlebot’s crawl budget. Here are 12 tips you need to know. The post How To Manage Crawl Budget…
Google: Stop Using 403s or 404s To Reduce Googlebot Crawl Rates
Gary Illyes posted a new blog post on the Google Search Central site asking all of you to stop using 403 and 404 server status codes to reduce the crawl…
Google Crawl Budget Help Document Adds If-Modified-Since Section
Google has added a new section to the crawl budget management help document. The new section is for the If-Modified-Since request header.
Crawl Errors And Crawl Budget: Are They Ranking Factors?
You may wonder: Is how well Google can crawl my website a ranking factor? Find out the answer here. The post Crawl Errors And Crawl Budget: Are They Ranking Factors?…
Google Clarifies Using Noindex & 404 Status Codes For Crawl B...
On Friday, Lizzi Sassman from Google updated the crawl budget management help document with two more topics. Specifically, Google added two new myths to the crawl budget documentation.
Google: Noindexed Pages Do Not Impact Crawl Budget
Google’s Search Relations team confirms noindexed pages don’t adversely impact a website’s crawl budget, no matter how many a site has. The post Google: Noindexed Pages Do Not Impact Crawl…
Google: Crawl Rate Spikes Not A Sign Of The Helpful Content Updat...
Google’s John Mueller was asked if a spike in crawler activity would be a sign that the helpful content update is rolling out. John said no, as expected because he…
Google: Soft 404s Do Waste Crawl Budget
Google’s Gary Illyes said on the latest Search Off The Record podcast that soft 404s, pages Google thinks are 404s but return a 200 server status code, do waste crawl…
Google Shares Insights into Indexing & Crawl Budget
Google’s Gary Illyes and Martin Splitt discuss why Google chooses to index some content and not others The post Google Shares Insights into Indexing & Crawl Budget appeared first on…
Yoast Founder: IndexNow Doesn’t Lead To More Traffic Or Imp...
Some of you may be wondering why Yoast or WordPress have not integrated the Microsoft backed IndexNow protocol. Well, Joost de Valk, the founded of Yoast said he has seen…
Google Considers Reducing Webpage Crawl Rate
Google may reduce the frequency of crawling webpages as it grows more conscious of the sustainability of crawling and indexing. The post Google Considers Reducing Webpage Crawl Rate appeared first…
Google: 100,000 URLs Usually Won’t Impact Crawl Budget
Google’s John Mueller said a site with 100,000 URLs usually won’t be enough to impact crawl budget. Your site and number of pages should be larger to where you might…
PSA: Google Crawl Rate Setting Does Not Speed Up Crawling
Google has a legacy Search Console feature to let you limit, or slow down, how fast Google can crawl your site under the crawl rate setting. This feature, as we…
Crawl Errors & Crawl Budget: Are They Google Ranking Factors?...
Are Crawl Errors a Ranking Factor? We’ve tapped into Google’s documents to fact-check and find out. Read about it here. The post Crawl Errors & Crawl Budget: Are They Google…
What Is Crawl Budget and Should SEOs Worry about It?
More crawling doesn’t mean you’ll rank better, but if your pages aren’t crawled and indexed they aren’t going to rank at all. Most sites don’t need to worry about crawl…