Reimagining the Google Spider Story and how Googlebot Actually works
David Quaid
September 20, 2025
We have to stop infantilizing the story of how Googlebot’s work. For years, adults have been explaining a rather boring process with various theories about how Google “spiders” crawl and index websites. Many of these ideas, while well-intentioned, often misrepresent the sophisticated reality of Google’s operations. Let’s debunk a few