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title: "What is web crawling?"  
description: "What is web crawling?"  
author: "Rahul Roi"  
published: 2020-12-09  
updated: 2025-01-31  
canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/forum/156292/what-is-web-crawling  
category: "digital marketing"  
tags: ["seo", "digital marketing", "search engine optimization"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# What is web crawling?

What is [web](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/12783/the-ultimate-bunch-of-free-web-design-resources) [crawling and indexing](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/156117/what-is-crawling-and-indexing)?

## Replies

### Reply by Khushi Singh

**Computer programs** known as `web crawlers`**or** `spiders` execute web [crawling](https://www.mindstick.com/blog/304587/important-url-parameters-to-know-for-crawling-issues-in-google) functions by systematically exploring the Internet to extract website content data. The [indexing](https://www.mindstick.com/blog/303693/how-search-engines-work-crawling-indexing-and-ranking) process begins when web crawlers traverse internet pages through their connected links and store data for search engines to generate search result outcomes. The process enables search engines to establish content rankings that reflect their relevancy.

**Web crawling** maintains essential status for search engines because it allows the systems to retrieve the latest complete data necessary to provide users with suitable search results.


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