This area contains SEO experiments and test to discover how things work.
I’ve been running some tests on Googlebot to find out more about how it works. They are a work in progress, and the plan is to finish a massive article (or several) of my findings. Unfortunately, Googlebot is not particularly interested in crawling the tests, as this is the only page that links to them. […]
When Googlebot crawls a URL, it may follow 5 or, alternatively, 20 redirects at the same time. Update 2025-07-27 – I’ve started a new redirect test, and the results have changed. Google has stated that they will follow five redirects at the same time. This experiment aims to find out a bit more about how far
How many redirects does Google follow before giving up? Read More »
