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How to find lazy load images and how to analyze it
Website loading speed and performance are very important for search engines and users. Every year, the requirements for these metrics grow. One way to make a website faster is to optimize images. Lazy loading can help with this. However, how do you know which images are already lazy loaded and which are not? How to […]
Product Update. Analyze the effectiveness of keywords in SERPs with Keywords Group Tool
We are pleased to present to you our big update: Keywords Groups tool. This is a new feature that will allow you to effectively analyze the performance of different groups of keywords. Create a group of keywords, for example, informational keywords (“how to”, “where to”, etc.) and monitor the dynamics of clicks, impressions, positions, CTR. […]
How to analyze what types of GoogleBots are visiting your website and why it matters
Google is one of the most popular search engines. Many SEO specialists closely follow the updates of algorithms of this search engine. In particular, a lot of attention is paid to changing the version of the browser with which the Googlebot imitates users. Also, the ratio of crawling performed by desktop and mobile robots is […]
Guide to creating alerts: tips that will help not miss any error
JetOctopus recently had a great update: the ability to configure alerts became available. All our clients can set up an unlimited number of alerts for free in 4 sections: logs, Google Search Console, Crawl and Core Web Vitals. In this article, we will explain how alerts work, how to configure them, and show several examples […]
Webinar: ALERTS in JetOctopus or now you can sleep well
How to setup all the needed alerts and not miss any error happening.Alerts about: At the webinar we will demonstrate how to: All the juice of Alerts will be covered in the webinar with Sofia. The webinar is conducted by Sofia Vatulyak, Tech SEO expert, In-house. And few words abour webinar agenda: What are alerts […]
How to analyze logs by subdomains
The frequency of crawling of different subdomains by search engines may differ. This may depend on the indexing settings, the robots.txt file (for each subdomain there must be a separate robot.txt), correctly formed sitemaps, etc. But in addition to the domains open for indexing and scanning, the logs may contain technical, staging, and other subdomains […]
How to check Ajax URLs in logs
Ajax URLs may not be displayed correctly in search results because they are an asynchronously processed part of the page that depends on user action. Although the Ajax URLs have a different address, the content may be identical with the main page. Therefore, it is necessary to ensure that search bots do not scan Ajax […]
How to check 5xx URLs in logs
5xx response codes indicate a broken web server. These status codes are usually temporary. However, a large number of 5xx and regular repeats can affect the crawling of your website by search engines. Why do you need to monitor 5xx response codes? First, Google search engines will slow down the crawling of your website if […]
Why is a different number of logs displayed in GSC and in your logs?
You may have noticed that the number of crawled URLs in the Google Search Console “Crawl stats” report may differ from the number of URLs visited by search engines that you see from the JetOctopus logs. Why this is so and how to correctly count the number of visited pages, read in this article. 1. […]
Custom Extraction Guide with multiple use-cases
Custom extraction is needed to find certain elements in the HTML code of the page. Our web scraper will search selected elements while crawling your website. With custom extraction, you can use JetOctopus more efficiently and get non-standard information about your website. With JetOctopus, you can configure up to 50 custom extraction rules during a […]
Step-by-step instructions: analysis of 404 URLs in search engine logs
If search engines receive a lot of 404 response codes, they can reduce the scanning frequency of your website. Also, 404 in the logs can indicate the following problems: Also, 404 response codes in the logs can highlight problems with the site or web pages that broke due to releases, updates, etc. How to find […]
Web page returned non 200 to search bot. Why do I get a different response code while manual checking?
You may meet a situation when you check a page that returned a 4xx or 5xx response code to the search engine (you found this data in the logs). And when checking manually, the page returns a 200 response code. What could be the reason for such a situation? 1. In the logs, you can […]
How to find out the frequency of scanning by search robots
Regular scanning of the website by search robots ensures the updating of data in the index. The regularly crawled pages will also have an up-to-date snippet in the SERP. However, sometimes crawling is excessive and can cause server overload. If your website is popular and constantly updated, extreme crawling by search engines can even lead […]
Product Update. GSC URL Inspection Tool
We are happy to announce a big update. Now with the help of JetOctopus, you will be able to work with Google Search Console data faster and more efficiently. Features of the new GSC URL Inspection tool If you have a large website with millions of pages, it can be difficult to monitor the process […]
How to audit 304 pages visited by GoogleBot/other bots
When the search robot user-agent requests the web page using the header “If-Modified-Since” or “If-None-Match” and the page has not changed since the requested time (usually this is the last visit of the GoogleBot), the server returns a 304 response code. This signals to the search engine that the web page has not changed since […]
How to find the slowest pages visited by search engines
Page load time affects how often your website is crawled by search engines. The slower the pages, the less often the search engine will visit them. That is, pages that respond slowly during the visit of search robots negatively affect the crawling budget of your website. So, we recommend analyzing the slowest pages and optimizing […]
How to analyze what types of search robots visit your website
Analysis of the activity of search robots is an important part of technical SEO. Some robots may visit your website too often and overload your web server. At the same time, the number of sessions and conversions with this search engine may be close to zero. Therefore, the activity of such search robots should be […]
How to analyze crawl results for a separate mobile domain
If you use separate mobile domains, you need a special crawl analysis. In the article “How to crawl separate mobile domains with JetOctopus” we wrote about how to configure crawling for a separate mobile site. In this article, we will tell you what to focus on during the crawl analysis of a separate mobile domain. […]
How to check all images on your website
In this article, we’ll show you how to bulk audit images on your website with JetOctopus. Images can bring organic traffic if they have the proper context and the correct settings. Images can also affect your website’s SERP ranking if the page is slow due to a large number of images. So, it’s a good […]
How to check image count on the page
Pages with lots of images may load slowly. As a result, these URLs will be indexed worse and may rank lower in SERPs. Additionally, on many devices, a large number of images will not display quickly or at all, resulting in a degradation of user behavioral metrics. Browsers and search engines do not have limits […]
How to find blinking status codes in search robots logs
Analysis of search engine logs is an important part of the work of SEO specialists. With the help of log analysis, you can get insights on why your website is displayed in the SERP in a certain way. In addition, you may find issues in the logs that prevent your pages from being crawled and […]