Myths and Facts about Google Indexing and Crawling

Google prioritizes the weightage of content. If a website shares important content that changes often Google crawls it regardless of size.

Myth #1 Google crawls big sites more often than small ones. 

Indeed, crawling is crucial for SEO but does not necessarily serve as a ranking signal to Google.

#Myth #2 Crwaling is a ranking factor

It depends on the quality of the content rather age of the website. If your page is helpful and useful for the audience it remains useful whether it's new or old.

#Myth #3 Old content has more weightage than fresh content

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Well, it works in 10 into 8 cases, but it is not the only solution. Consistency, internal linking, and content quality also help in crawling and indexing.

Myth #4 Submitting XML can solve all indexing and crawling issues

The fact is that the non-standard "crawl-delay" robots.txt directive is not processed by Googlebot.

Myth #5 Googlebot can be controlled by the "crawl-delay" directive

It is also a myth that Google likes clean URLs and does not crawl parameters, But Google can crawl parameters.

#Myth #6 Google doesn't like query parameters

Faster loading pages allow Google to crawl more pages within that timeframe. But even if your site is slow, Google might prioritize crawling it if it has valuable information.

Myth #7 Faster pages can help Google crawl your site more efficiently.

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