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crawler

In short and in plain language

A crawler is a program. It visits websites on its own, follows links and reads the content.

It does this, for example, for a search engine.

Content that a crawler can read well is easier to take in. It is then easier to add to search results.

Definition
A crawler is a program that automatically visits websites, follows links and reads their content, for example for a search engine. Content that a crawler can read well is easier to capture and include in search results.