<description>&lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;​Join Martin and Gary as they dive into Search Off the Record's Episode 103, unpacking the 2025 Year-End report on crawling issues. Discover fascinating insights on faceted navigation, action parameters, irrelevant parameters and more, highlighting the biggest challenges faced by web crawlers last year. With humor and expert analysis, this episode reveals critical takeaways for webmasters and SEO professionals. Don't miss valuable tips to enhance your site's crawl efficiency!&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;​&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;Resources:&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;URL structure best practices for Google Search → &lt;a href= "https://developers.google.com/search/docs/crawling-indexing/url-structure"&gt; https://developers.google.com/search/docs/crawling-indexing/url-structure&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;Crawling December: Faceted navigation →&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;a href= "https://developers.google.com/search/blog/2024/12/crawling-december-faceted-nav"&gt; https://developers.google.com/search/blog/2024/12/crawling-december-faceted-nav&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;Xkcd (programmer humor) →&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;a href= "https://xkcd.com/327/"&gt;https://xkcd.com/327/&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;</description>

Search Off the Record

Google

Crawling Challenges: What the 2025 Year-End Report Tells Us.

FEB 3, 202627 MIN
Search Off the Record

Crawling Challenges: What the 2025 Year-End Report Tells Us.

FEB 3, 202627 MIN

Description

​Join Martin and Gary as they dive into Search Off the Record's Episode 103, unpacking the 2025 Year-End report on crawling issues. Discover fascinating insights on faceted navigation, action parameters, irrelevant parameters and more, highlighting the biggest challenges faced by web crawlers last year. With humor and expert analysis, this episode reveals critical takeaways for webmasters and SEO professionals. Don't miss valuable tips to enhance your site's crawl efficiency! ​ Resources: URL structure best practices for Google Search → https://developers.google.com/search/docs/crawling-indexing/url-structure Crawling December: Faceted navigation → https://developers.google.com/search/blog/2024/12/crawling-december-faceted-nav Xkcd (programmer humor) → https://xkcd.com/327/