Crawl Errors

Crawl errors occur when a search engine bot, like Googlebot, attempts to access a specific URL on a domain but is blocked by a technical failure. These are categorized into site errors (DNS failures, server crashes) and URL errors (404s, redirect loops). Unresolved crawl errors are catastrophic for organic visibility. If Google continually hits technical roadblocks when crawling a site, it algorithmically downgrades the domain’s crawl rate, meaning new content will not be indexed and updated pages will be ignored. Identifying and resolving crawl errors in Google Search Console is a daily requirement for technical SEO.

Crawl Errors Simplified

A crawl error happens when Google’s automated bots try to read your website but hit a broken link or a server crash. If Google encounters too many errors, it assumes your website is broken and stops showing it to people searching for your business.