What Is Crawl Rate?
Crawl rate refers to how many requests per second a search engine bot makes to your server. Google automatically adjusts Googlebot's crawl rate based on your server's response time and error rate. If your server responds quickly and returns few errors, Google increases the crawl rate.
Why Crawl Rate Matters
A higher crawl rate means more pages get crawled per day, which is beneficial for large sites with frequently changing content. However, an excessively high crawl rate can overload your server, causing performance problems for real users.
How to Monitor and Adjust
Monitor Googlebot's crawl rate in your server logs by counting requests per time interval. Google Search Console also reports crawl statistics. Use LogBeast to track crawler request rates over time.
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