where it can be found by a web crawler. Documents shared privately, such as through email, are not used for AI training, said the Google representative. So, unless a user has publicly posted links ...

Google has added a new section to its crawler and fetcher documentation for HTTP caching, which clarifies how Google’s crawlers handle cache control headers. With that, Gary Illyes from Google ...

As Google's 2024 antitrust loss proved, the company has worked very, very hard to ensure its search engine is the primary ...

So technically, the crawling has dropped but Google is taking much longer to crawl a lot less. Supposedly, this started earlier this month and is still an issue for some. This was discovered by ...

Google advises against redirecting all 404 pages to the homepage, recommending proper redirects or maintaining 404 status ...

Google published a new Robots.txt refresher explaining how Robots.txt enables publishers and SEOs to control search engine ...

Now, let’s explore some crawl-based technologies you can use. You don’t work in a Google data center, so you can’t launch Googlebot to crawl your own site. However, by verifying your site ...

Google's John Mueller said that there is no persistent shortcut to faster crawling. Yes, you can expedite crawling for specific situations and times, but there is no way to just tell Google you ...

Alphabet's Google internet search engine is eroding demand for original content and undermining publishers' ability to ...

For example, search engine crawlers can follow internal links to locate and index web pages. But a sitemap makes it easier for search engines like Google and Bing to find your key pages ...