Definition
What is Crawl Budget?
Crawl budget is the number of pages Googlebot will crawl on your site within a given timeframe. It is influenced by two factors: crawl rate limit (how fast Google can crawl without overloading your server) and crawl demand (how much Google wants to crawl based on page popularity and freshness). Most small and medium sites do not face crawl budget constraints.
Why it matters
For large sites with thousands of pages, managing crawl budget ensures that new and updated pages are discovered and indexed quickly rather than being deprioritized.