Ever wondered what would happen if you prevented Google from crawling your website for a few weeks? Technical SEO expert Kristina Azarenko has published the results of such an experiment. Six surprising things that happened. What happened when Googlebot couldn’t crawl Azarenko’s site from Oct 5 to Nov. 7: Favicon was removed from Google Search … Read more
Despite the massive size of Google’s index (revealed at 400 billion docs and counting), the volcanic surge of AI-generated content has caused it to face limitations. Source link
Web crawlers (also called spiders or bots) are programs that visit (or “crawl”) pages across the web. And search engines use crawlers to discover content that they can then index—meaning store in their enormous databases. These programs discover your content by following links on your site. But the process doesn’t always go smoothly because of … Read more
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 migrated it to the new version of Search Console. Gary Illyes from Google said, “with the improvements we’ve made to our crawling logic and other … Read more
Google announced that it is sunsetting the search console crawl rate limiter tool, scheduled to be removed on January 8, 2024, citing improvements to crawling that has essentially made it unnecessary. Search Console Crawl Rate Limiter Tool The crawl rate limiter tool was introduced to search console fifteen years ago in 2008. The purpose of … Read more
Google is deprecating the crawl rate limiter legacy tool within Google Search Console on January 8, 2024. Google said this feature is no longer useful because Google said it has improved its “crawling logic and other tools available to publishers.” What is the crawl rate limiter. It is a tool within the legacy version of … Read more
What Is Crawl Budget? Crawl budget is the amount of time and resources search engine bots allocate to crawling your website and indexing its pages. Think of it this way: you visit the Louvre, which has hundreds of exhibits across several floors. Without a map, you could miss out on the art you really wanted … Read more
Foreword by Matt Diggity: In a quick moment I’m going to hand things over to Rowan Collins, the featured guest author of this article. Rowan is Head of Technical SEO at my agency The Search Initiative. He’s one of our best search engine technicians. Other than being overall well-rounded search engines, Rowan is a beast when … Read more
The Internet is an ever-evolving virtual universe with over 1.1 billion websites. Do you think that Google can crawl every website in the world? Even with all the resources, money, and data centers that Google has, it cannot even crawl the entire web – nor does it want to. What Is Crawl Budget, And Is … Read more
One often overlooked aspect of website management is managing crawl depth, the level at which search engine bots explore and index a site’s pages. Understanding how to control and optimize crawl depth can significantly impact your website performance and search rankings. This article will provide you with valuable guidance and actionable SEO tips to optimize … Read more
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