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My question is from where we recognize that our webpages is crawled by the search engines.

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Short answer: use webmaster tools plus your server logs. To expand on the thread — asked how to tell if pages were crawled; and pointed to crawling and sitemaps but did not show how to verify. The reliable ways are: Google Search Console for Google, Bing Webmaster Tools for Bing, and raw access logs for definitive evidence.

Practical checks:

  • Add and verify the site in Google Search Console (https://search.google.com/search-console/about). Use the URL Inspection tool to see the last crawl date, coverage errors, and whether Google has an indexed snapshot. Submit a sitemap there to surface URLs, but note submission doesn’t guarantee crawling.
  • Check server access logs for bot requests. Example quick checks you can run on your server:
    grep "Googlebot" /var/log/nginx/access.log | tail -n 20
dig -x <IP_FROM_LOG> +short

    After finding an IP that claims to be Googlebot, verify it using Google’s verification method (see https://developers.google.com/search/docs/advanced/crawling/verifying-googlebot).

Quick browser checks:

  • Use the site: operator to see indexed pages, and use cache: (or the cached view in search results) to confirm Google has a snapshot. These are quick but less authoritative than Search Console.

Common reasons a page isn’t crawled:

  • Blocked by robots.txt or meta noindex
  • HTTP errors (4xx/5xx) or heavy redirects
  • Pages isolated from internal linking (no inbound links)
  • Canonicalization pointing elsewhere
  • Crawl-budget or large site priorities

If a page isn’t crawled after fixing issues, request indexing via the URL Inspection tool and monitor the Coverage/Crawl Stats reports. For Bing, use Bing Webmaster Tools (https://www.bing.com/webmasters/about).

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My question is from where we recognize that our webpages is crawled by the search engines.

I don't understand what you are talking about?

Can you explain a little bit more?

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Google crawlers visit web pages regularly. If your site is optimized according to Google’s algorithm, and your content is relevant and fresh then your website will be indexed soon.

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Google crwaler crawl only those links which you have been submitted in sitemap.

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