Log Files

An access log is the file in which a web server records each request it handles, one line per request.

The Combined Log Format is a line format for web server access logs.

The Crawl Stats report is a report in Google Search Console that summarizes Googlebot's requests to a site.

A log file is a record that a system writes automatically while it runs.

Log file analysis in SEO means evaluating a web server's access logs, which record every request for a URL with its timestamp, status …

The referrer is the address of the page from which a visitor reached the current page.

Bot management means detecting automated requests to a website, classifying them and deciding what happens next.

Bot traffic is any traffic to a website that comes from automated programs instead of people.

Bot verification is the check whether a crawler really belongs to the operator named in its user agent.

Crawler IP ranges are the IP address blocks from which a search engine operator runs its crawlers.

A fake Googlebot is a client that identifies itself as Googlebot in the user agent but does not come from Google.

Rate limiting controls how many requests a client may send to a server or API within a set time.