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Provide stable paginated URLs beneath the infinite-scroll experience. Each result page should be directly requestable and expose standard HTML links to products. The user interface can append results dynamically, but search discovery should not depend on scrolling events. Keep pagination canonical behavior consistent. Deeper pages generally should not all c…

Each data source answers a different question, so disagreements are expected. A crawler tells you what your current site architecture exposes when requested under the crawler's configuration. It is excellent for status codes, internal links, canonicals, robots directives, rendered HTML comparisons, and template-wide patterns. Server logs tell you what bots…

Treat infinite scroll as a user-interface enhancement layered on top of crawlable paginated states. Every chunk of results should have a stable URL that can be requested directly without requiring a user to scroll or click. Those URLs should return meaningful HTML, appropriate status codes, and consistent canonical behavior. The application can progressivel…

Treat log analysis as behavioral evidence, not a replacement for a site crawl. First isolate verified search-engine bot requests and normalize URLs before analysis. Remove obvious static assets unless they are part of the investigation, separate Googlebot Smartphone from other user agents, and group requests by template or URL pattern. Build four views: 1.…

Use a fixed diagnostic order so you do not chase symptoms in random tools. 1. Start with the exact URL and establish the expected state. Decide whether the URL should be crawlable, indexable, canonical, and internally discoverable. Many audits become confused because nobody defines the intended state first. 2. Test raw HTTP behavior. Check status code, redi…