{"id":2149,"date":"2019-10-24T09:18:13","date_gmt":"2019-10-24T09:18:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.digitalnest.in\/blog\/?p=2149"},"modified":"2026-02-25T00:03:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T00:03:10","slug":"what-does-google-crawl-first-when-it-lands-on-your-website","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.digitalnest.in\/blog\/what-does-google-crawl-first-when-it-lands-on-your-website\/","title":{"rendered":"What Does Google Crawl First when it Lands on your Website?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"bsf_rt_marker\"><\/div><p> <a href=\"https:\/\/cookthatchicken.com\/model\/tinykittie\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ass tinykittie<\/a><\/p>\n<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; _module_preset=&#8221;b8ca678c-0e6e-477e-8e04-0b750cc3379c&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Google Checks Status Codes Before Anything Else When Crawling Content<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>John Mueller Google\u2019s Webmaster Analyst explained that HTTP status codes are the first thing which Google checks when crawling your website content before rendering or indexing content.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Which status code will Google check after landing on your website?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As John Mueller explained Google will first check for a \u201c200\u201d status code before proceeding with further crawling.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What does 200 Status code indicate?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A 200-status code indicates \u201cOk Success\u201d to Google that it\u2019s crawling a valid page and there might be content worth indexing it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What about other status codes?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When Google encounters status codes like 400 or 500 which indicates a \u201cbad request\u201d or a \u201cserver error\u201d then Google would not proceed with rendering or indexing the content for certain website or page.<\/p>\n<p>Mueller specifically pointed that Google does not see any 404 pages \u201cYES\u201d you heard it right so don\u2019t waste your designer time for designing a fancy 404 page to your website because only human visitors will end up seeing it on your website not Google.<\/p>\n<p>So Keep in mind, Google will not render anything unless it returns a 200 status code when it crawls for your website.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s the full video of Google\u2019s John Mueller on HTTP status codes:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"English Google Webmaster Central office-hours from October 18, 2019\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kbS_CusPurI?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1&#038;origin=https:\/\/www.digitalnest.in\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Video Credits: John Mueller<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.digitalnest.in\/digital-marketing\/?utm_source=blog&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=shiva\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2115 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.digitalnest.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DMCTABlog.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"646\" height=\"226\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.digitalnest.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DMCTABlog.png 646w, https:\/\/www.digitalnest.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DMCTABlog-300x105.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 646px) 100vw, 646px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ass tinykittieGoogle Checks Status Codes Before Anything Else When Crawling Content John Mueller Google\u2019s Webmaster Analyst explained that HTTP status codes are the first thing which Google checks when crawling your website content before rendering or indexing content. Which status code will Google check after landing on your website? As John Mueller explained Google will first check for a \u201c200\u201d status code before proceeding with further crawling. What does 200 Status code indicate? A 200-status code indicates \u201cOk Success\u201d to Google that it\u2019s crawling a valid page and there might be content worth indexing it. What about other status codes? When Google encounters status codes like 400 or 500 which indicates a \u201cbad request\u201d or a \u201cserver error\u201d then Google would not proceed with rendering or indexing the content for certain website or page. Mueller specifically pointed that Google does not see any 404 pages \u201cYES\u201d you heard it right so don\u2019t waste your designer time for designing a fancy 404 page to your website because only human visitors will end up seeing it on your website not Google. 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