Technical SEO
Crawl Budget
The number of pages a search engine will crawl on a site within a given timeframe.
CurrentLast updated: 2026-09-16
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Definition
Technical SEOCrawl budget is the number of pages search engines will crawl on a site within a given timeframe. It is determined by crawl rate limit (server capacity) and crawl demand (popularity and staleness). Large sites need to manage crawl budget so important pages get crawled instead of low-value ones.
Why it matters
On large sites, wasting crawl budget on low-value URLs can prevent important pages from being discovered.
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