SEO glossary
Crawl Budget
Crawl budget is the number of URLs Googlebot will crawl on your site within a given timeframe.
In plain English
It's a function of crawl rate limit and crawl demand. Large sites with many low-value or duplicate URLs waste budget, so important pages get crawled less often. Clean internal linking, a tidy sitemap, and pruning thin pages all help.
Why it matters for SEO
If Google spends its budget on junk URLs, your new and updated money pages take longer to get indexed.
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Frequently asked questions
- What is Crawl Budget?
- Crawl budget is the number of URLs Googlebot will crawl on your site within a given timeframe.
- Why does Crawl Budget matter for SEO?
- If Google spends its budget on junk URLs, your new and updated money pages take longer to get indexed.
- How does Crawl Budget work?
- It's a function of crawl rate limit and crawl demand. Large sites with many low-value or duplicate URLs waste budget, so important pages get crawled less often. Clean internal linking, a tidy sitemap, and pruning thin pages all help.
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