Google Updates Googlebot File Size Limit Docs via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern

Google updated its Googlebot documentation to clarify file size limits, separating default limits that apply to all crawlers from Googlebot-specific details. The post Google Updates Googlebot File Size Limit Docs…

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Meet the New Web Crawlers: AI Bots Are Closing in on Search Engine Bots

The problem is that AI bots are new to web crawling. They’re still making some silly crawl decisions, bumping around, and wasting a lot of resources. We’ve already seen that…

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Google Responds To Site That Lost Ranks After Googlebot DDoS Crawl via @sejournal, @martinibuster

Google responds to a publisher’s concern about crawl budget and rankings due to Googlebot’s requests for non-existent pages The post Google Responds To Site That Lost Ranks After Googlebot DDoS…

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Google Warns: Beware Of Fake Googlebot Traffic via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern

Google warns about fake Googlebot crawlers and suggests tools and methods to identify legitimate traffic. The post Google Warns: Beware Of Fake Googlebot Traffic appeared first on Search Engine Journal.

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Crawl Me Maybe? How Website Crawlers Work

Search engines are increasingly ruthless when it comes to the quality of the sites they allow into the search results. If you don’t grasp the basics of optimizing for web…

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Google Updates Googlebot Verification Documentation via @sejournal, @martinibuster

Google updated the Googlebot verification documentation to add guidance about IPs from GoogleUserContent.com The post Google Updates Googlebot Verification Documentation appeared first on Search Engine Journal.

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What is a web crawler and how do they impact SEO?

Have you ever wondered how it’s possible to get answers at your fingertips so quickly with search engines like Google and Bing? It’s easy to take this convenient access to…

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