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How to make Google crawl your website faster?

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How to make Google crawl your website faster?

This question annoys many individuals and content writers who want search engines to consider their content. So, we have tried answering this question in this article. First, let’s clear the basics:


Google Crawling Meaning

Google (search engine) crawling means when the search engine robot(crawler) recognizes your website, blog, or article and stores the data in its database. 


Google crawling is the first step that is responsible for further website indexing & ranking. Once the first step is done, search engine algorithms start indexing & ranking your website.


How Does Google Crawling Work?


Search engines follow these steps to crawl a website:


  1. It first downloads the website’s Robot.txt file.
  2. Then, identifies the sitemap having linked web pages.
  3. Further, it studies the web pages’ sitemap, title, meta description, etc.
  4. Thereafter the linked pages get crawled and the same process is done.


How To Submit A Website For Fast Crawling?


Follow these steps to improve the Crawl Speed:


  1. Submit the site’s domain to the Webmaster under the “URL Prefix section”.
  2. Then, do “website ownership” so that Google knows that you are the owner of the site.
  3. Further, copy the code that you see after clicking on the “Appearance” tab. 
  4. Paste it to the “head” section under the “header.php” section of “Theme editor”. 
  5. Finally, click on the “verify” option and update the settings.
  6. Prefer clicking on the “Index” option under the SEO settings of your site’s backend.
  7. There is one more useful option if you find no issues in your site’s crawling i.e “Request Indexing”. Click on this tab to let Google know that your site is up to date for crawling & indexing.



3 Situations when you search engines do not crawl your website:


These factors hinder website crawling


  1. The crawl budget can be the factor for slower crawling. Crawl budget means the no. of web pages Google (search engine) decides to spend time on particular websites. The crawl budget depends on your site’s health.
  2. Your search console might have a crawling issue and one reason could be your search engine console (SEC) dashboard. You can resolve the errors by clicking on the “Coverage” tab. 
  3. You might not know that the “Robots.txt” file can be one of these reasons. So, prefer checking it by typing “Robots.txt” after your site’s domain name.


What Measures have you taken for your site’s faster crawling?


These are very basic problems, so don’t assume that your google crawling & indexing problem will always be a hindrance. Every digital marketer or content writer or blogger faces these problems. And they take necessary actions to solve these because search engine algorithms keep on updating. 


If you face any such issues and are stuck in resolving these, prefer connecting with an agency that is efficient in dealing with all digital marketing services & your crawling and indexing issues. WeCodeFuture will assist you and help you resolve your doubts quickly. 

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