SEO & Search

Crawlability

The ability of search engine bots to access and navigate your website pages.

Why It Matters

If search engines cannot crawl your pages, they cannot index or rank them.

How It Works

Search engine crawlers (like Googlebot) follow links and read robots.txt directives to discover pages. Crawlability depends on site architecture, internal linking, server responses, and technical configuration.

Real-World Example

Fixing broken internal links and updating robots.txt allows Google to discover 500 previously hidden pages.

Common Mistakes

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Accidentally blocking important pages in robots.txt

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Creating orphan pages with no internal links pointing to them

Related Terms

Indexability

The ability of a page to be stored in a search engine index and appear in results.

Robots.txt

A file that tells search engine crawlers which pages they can and cannot access.

XML Sitemap

A file that lists all important pages on your site to help search engines discover them.

Crawlability FAQs

How do I check if Google can crawl my site?

Use Google Search Console URL Inspection tool or the Coverage report to identify crawl issues.

Does site speed affect crawlability?

Yes, slow server response times reduce crawl rate, meaning Google crawls fewer pages per visit.

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