SEO Basics

What is an SEO crawl?

An SEO crawl automatically analyzes every page of your site to detect technical issues.

⏱ 3 min read · Updated on 22 April 2026

Definition

An SEO crawl simulates how a search engine robot navigates your site: it follows links, analyzes each page and records all relevant technical information.

What a crawl analyzes

  • Meta tags: title, description, robots, canonical
  • Heading structure: H1, H2, H3
  • HTTP status: 200, 301, 302, 404, 500…
  • Images: missing alt attribute, oversized images
  • Performance: server response time
  • Content: duplication, thin pages, empty content
  • Sitemap: consistency between declared and discovered pages

Recommended frequency

Site size Frequency
< 100 pages Monthly
100 – 1,000 pages Twice a month
> 1,000 pages Weekly

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