What is Crawl budget in SEO?

A crawl budget indicates the number of pages Googlebot crawls and indexes within a given period of time.

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Important terms related to Crawl Budget

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Crawl Rate Limit

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Crawl Demand

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The four main factors Google uses to allocate its crawl budget are:

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Site Size When it comes to large websites, the crawl budget is crucial.

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Server Setup The performance and load times of your website may influence how much budget is assigned to it.

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Updates Frequency How often do you update your content? Google will priorities content that is regularly updated.

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Links Internal linking structure as well as dead links.

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