Should I crawl images?
If we find the URL leads to an image, we’ll usually revisit with Googlebot-Image. Because of this, it’s generally a good idea to allow crawling of your images and pages by both Googlebot and Googlebot-Image.
How do I optimize my crawl budget?
You still need to pay attention to what I call the “usual suspects” of website health.
- Allow Crawling of Your Important Pages in Robots. Txt.
- Watch Out for Redirect Chains.
- Use HTML Whenever Possible.
- Don’t Let HTTP Errors Eat Your Crawl Budget.
- Take Care of Your URL Parameters.
- Update Your Sitemap.
- Hreflang Tags Are Vital.
Do you need to pay attention to crawl budget?
So if your number of pages exceed your site’s crawl budget, you’re going to have pages on your site that aren’t indexed. That said, the vast majority of sites out there don’t need to worry about crawl budget. Google is REALLY good at finding and indexing pages. That said, there are a few cases where you do want to pay attention to crawl budget:
How does Google crawl and index a website?
Google states on its documentation about crawling and indexing that: “The crawling process begins with a list of web addresses, crawlers use links on those sites to discover other pages. The software pays special attention to new sites, changes to existing sites and dead links.
How is the crawl budget of a website determined?
A crawl budget is a predetermined number of requests for assets a crawler will do on a website. A site’s crawl budget is determined by the search engine, and once it is up, the crawler will stop accessing content on the site. Crawl budget isn’t the same for every website.
How to optimise crawl and indexing for SEO?
There are many ways to optimise crawl budget, but an easy place to start is to check in the GSC “Coverage” report to understand Google’s current crawling and indexing behaviour. If you see errors such as “Submitted URL marked ‘noindex’” or “Submitted URL blocked by robots.txt”, work with your developer to fix them.