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How to Web Crawl a Site

Updated on:
May 12, 2026
By:
Madhav Bhandari
Use this interactive demo to learn how to crawl a website using Screaming Frog SEO Spider.

Quick summary

This tutorial shows how to web crawl a site using Screaming Frog SEO Spider in Spider mode, letting you audit URLs, titles, and headers across your entire website. Once the crawl completes, you can export the results in your preferred format for deeper SEO analysis.


Steps

  1. Open Screaming Frog once it is installed on your computer.
  2. In the top bar, locate the Mode selector and confirm it is set to Spider mode for website crawling.
  3. Enter the URL you want to crawl in the field at the top of the window, including the full address (e.g., https://example.com).
  4. Click the green Start button to begin the crawl.
  5. Once the crawl is complete, navigate through the available tabs to analyze your site's URLs, titles, and headers.
  6. To save your results, go to File > Export and choose your preferred format.

📌 Why this matters

Web crawling with Screaming Frog SEO Spider gives SEO professionals a fast, comprehensive view of a site's technical health, covering broken links, missing metadata, duplicate content, and page structure. Running a full site crawl in Spider mode lets teams identify and prioritize critical SEO issues before they affect search rankings. Exporting crawl data into structured formats enables seamless integration with reporting workflows and stakeholder audits. This makes Screaming Frog an essential tool for any technical SEO audit or site migration project.
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