How do you decrease the rate of crawling?
Open the Crawl Rate Settings page for your property.
- If your crawl rate is described as “calculated as optimal,” the only way to reduce the crawl rate is by filing a special request. You cannot increase the crawl rate.
- Otherwise, select the option you want and then limit the crawl rate as desired.
What are crawl results?
The Crawl Stats report shows you statistics about Google’s crawling history on your website. For instance, how many requests were made and when, what your server response was, and any availability issues encountered. You can use this report to detect whether Google encounters serving problems when crawling your site.
How do I change the crawl rate on Google?
Change your crawl rate using the Crawl Rate Settings page, if the option is available. Two or three days later, when Google’s crawl rate has adapted, you can remove your robots.txt blocks or stop returning error codes from step 1.
Why are my Google crawl stats so low?
Nothing else to do here. Google encountered at least one significant crawl availability issue in the last 90 days on your site, but it occurred more than a week ago. The error might have been a transient issue, or the issue might have been resolved.
Are there any issues with the crawl stats report?
Known issue: The Crawl Stats report currently reports most crawl requests, but some requests might not be counted for various reasons. We expect our coverage to increase over time to cover most, if not all requests. Therefore you might see slight differences between your site’s request logs and the numbers reported here.
What should my crawl rate be on Bing?
Bing recommends using the lowest possible value for the crawl-delay. Here is a list of values which you can use on your website: An alternative method of managing the Bing crawl rate for your website is to register for Bing’s webmaster tools and set up your settings there.