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Before any optimization matters, Google's crawler has to find, download, and parse your page — if crawling breaks, nothing else in SEO matters. Understanding exactly what Googlebot does at each step lets you diagnose problems that no keyword tool will surface.
curl -A 'Googlebot/2.1' https://yoursite.com and compare it to what a regular browser renders — note any differences that would affect what Google sees.curl -IL https://yoursite.com and counting the hops.Use these three in order. Each builds on the one before.
In one paragraph, explain how Googlebot crawls a website like I have never thought about search engines before.
Walk me through step by step what happens from the moment Googlebot sends an HTTP request to a URL to the moment that page's content is eligible for indexing.
Given a JavaScript-heavy single-page application where most content renders client-side, explain how Googlebot handles the two-wave rendering process and what SEO risks it introduces.