How does this simulator work?

It uses Google's published crawl heuristics: each URL pattern gets a score based on priority weight, change frequency multiplier, and inverse page size. The daily budget is distributed proportionally across patterns, then accumulated over 7 days.

Where do I find my crawl budget in GSC?

Go to Google Search Console > Settings > Crawl stats. Your average daily crawls appear in the 'Crawl requests' chart. Use the 7-day average as input for this simulator.

GSC Crawl Budget Simulator | Visualize Googlebot Allocation

🕷️ SEO Crawl Intelligence

GSC Crawl Budget Simulator

See how Google allocates your daily crawl budget across URL patterns. Spot under-crawled sections before they hurt your rankings.

Daily Crawl Budget (pages/day)

Find this in GSC → Settings → Crawl stats → 7-day avg

URL Patterns

Daily Crawl Allocation (7 Days)

Pattern	URLs	7d Crawls	Coverage	Status
Add patterns and run simulation

Actionable Recommendations

Run the simulation to see recommendations.

What Is Crawl Budget and Why Does It Matter?

Crawl budget is the number of URLs Googlebot can and wants to crawl on your site each day. It has two components: crawl rate limit (how fast your server can respond without degrading) and crawl demand (how often your content changes and how important Google considers it). If your site has 50,000 pages but Google only crawls 5,000 per day, it takes 10 days to fully re-crawl — meaning new or updated content may not appear in search results for over a week.

How This Simulator Works

The simulator uses Google's publicly documented crawl heuristics to allocate your daily budget across URL patterns. Each pattern receives a weighted score based on three factors:

Priority weight — Core pages (homepage, product pages) get higher priority than tags, archives, or filters.
Change frequency — Pages that update daily consume more crawl budget than static pages.
Page size — Larger pages take longer to download, reducing how many can be crawled per day.

The daily allocation is computed proportionally, then accumulated over 7 days to show coverage percentage and identify bottlenecks.

Reading the Results

Coverage ≥ 100% (green) — Google can fully crawl this section within 7 days. Healthy.
Coverage 50–99% (yellow) — Partially crawled. Important content may be delayed in indexing.
Coverage < 50% (red) — Severely under-crawled. New or updated pages in this section are unlikely to be indexed promptly.
Over-crawled (red, >200%) — Low-value pages consuming disproportionate budget. These should be blocked or noindexed.

How to Fix Crawl Budget Issues

If critical sections are under-crawled, start by blocking low-value patterns in robots.txt (faceted navigation, session IDs, print pages). Reduce page size through lazy loading and code splitting. Increase server capacity if you are hitting rate limits. For over-crawled sections, add noindex meta tags or disallow rules to redirect budget toward high-value content.