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Website Crawling

Learn how to effectively crawl websites with InstaRank's advanced crawling technology. Our intelligent crawler analyzes your website structure, content, and technical elements to identify SEO opportunities.

How Website Crawling Works

Intelligent Website Analysis

Our advanced crawler uses sophisticated algorithms to analyze your website's structure, content, and technical elements, providing comprehensive insights for SEO optimization.

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Crawls all accessible pages
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Analyzes technical SEO elements
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Identifies content opportunities
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Advanced Crawling

Deep analysis of your website's SEO potential

Crawling Process

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URL Discovery

Our crawler starts by analyzing your homepage and discovering all accessible pages through internal links, sitemaps, and navigation structures.

What we discover:

  • • All public pages and subdirectories
  • • Internal linking structure
  • • Sitemap.xml and robots.txt analysis
  • • Navigation menu structure
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Content Analysis

Each page is analyzed for content quality, keyword usage, meta tags, headings, and other SEO elements that impact search rankings.

Content Elements:

  • • Title tags and meta descriptions
  • • Heading structure (H1, H2, H3)
  • • Content length and quality
  • • Keyword density and usage

Technical Elements:

  • • Image alt text and optimization
  • • Internal and external links
  • • Schema markup presence
  • • Mobile responsiveness
3

Performance Analysis

We analyze your website's technical performance, including page speed, mobile optimization, and Core Web Vitals that affect user experience and search rankings.

Performance metrics analyzed:

Page Speed
Load time, render blocking resources
Mobile Optimization
Responsive design, touch targets
Core Web Vitals
LCP, FID, CLS measurements

Crawling Configuration

Basic Settings

https://yourwebsite.com
Standard (up to 3 levels deep)
Deep crawl (up to 5 levels deep)

Advanced Settings

Enter your main keywords (comma-separated)

Understanding Crawling Results

Crawl Summary

127
Pages Crawled
23
Issues Found
85%
SEO Score
12
AI Fixes

Issue Categories

Critical Issues3
Warnings8
Enhancements12

Performance Metrics

Average Load Time2.3s
Mobile Score78/100
Desktop Score85/100

Crawling Best Practices

Before Crawling

Ensure website is live
Make sure your website is accessible and not behind a login
Update sitemap.xml
Ensure your sitemap is current and includes all important pages
Check robots.txt
Ensure important pages aren't blocked from crawling

After Crawling

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Review critical issues first
Address high-priority problems that impact SEO
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Implement AI fixes
Use our AI-generated recommendations for quick wins
3
Schedule regular crawls
Set up automated crawling to track improvements

Common Crawling Issues

Crawl Failed - Website Not Accessible

The crawler couldn't access your website. This usually happens when:

  • • Website is down or experiencing issues
  • • Website is behind a login wall or password protection
  • • Incorrect URL provided
  • • Website blocks automated crawlers

Limited Pages Crawled

Only a few pages were discovered. This might be due to:

  • • Poor internal linking structure
  • • Missing or outdated sitemap.xml
  • • JavaScript-heavy navigation that crawlers can't follow
  • • Pages blocked in robots.txt

Slow Crawling Speed

Crawling is taking longer than expected because:

  • • Website has many pages to analyze
  • • Server response times are slow
  • • Deep crawl configuration selected
  • • Complex website structure

Ready to Start Crawling?

Begin analyzing your website's SEO potential with our advanced crawling technology.