Crawl Stats
Crawl Stats show Googlebot crawl volume, response times and crawl errors. It helps diagnose crawl efficiency and server issues.
Definition
Crawl Stats is a Google Search Console report showing crawl requests, bytes downloaded, average response time, and crawl errors. It helps identify server issues, crawl traps, and crawling constraints.
Why it matters
- Monitor crawl anomalies and drops
- Detect server performance and error-rate problems
- Evaluate crawl budget waste
How to implement
- Watch for sudden changes in crawl volume and response time
- Investigate spikes in 4xx/5xx/429 and identify root causes
- Use sitemaps/internal links to focus crawling on important pages
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