Googlebot Average Response Time: Why a Slow Server Response Is Hurting Your Crawl (And How to Fix It)
Quick Answer Googlebot’s average response time is the time your server takes to return the first byte of a response when Googlebot requests a URL. When this number climbs well above the ideal range, it’s a signal that your server is responding too slowly to Googlebot. Slower response times reduce crawl efficiency, which can delay…