Google Search Console Crawl Stats Report Analysis
How to analysis the Google Crawl stats report, below are the steps.
Step1: You need to navigate to "Settings" > Crawl Stats
Step2: Here is a lot of information about how Google crawls your site
Helpful for SEO auditing—because, while not a replacement—many of us don't have access to crawl logs (Or else, we have to request with Web developer to get site log access).
Step3:
Example, here is the failed crawl request it is due to server connectivity. Server connectivity describes whether Google encountered
connectivity issues when crawling your site. Connectivity error rates
are considered a problem if they exceed a baseline value for that day.
Step4:
Example: See how often Googlebot encountered 301 redirects or 404 error pages on your site
Google will show you a list of most recent URLs along with timestamps.
The data only goes back so far, but it's still useful!
Step5:
In this example, I've downloaded the 404 error pages googlebot keeps hitting
Turn this data into a pivot table
This way, you can see the error pages Google keeps trying to crawl the most, to prioritize fixes
looks like Google keeps looking for an ads.txt file on my site
Step6:
Also helpful, see what types of files Google spends energy crawling under the "File Type" report
If you see Google disproportionally crawling a large number of odd filetypes, it may be worth investigating
(in this case, signed exchange certifications).
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