Google updated their developer documentation on their crawl budget and there is so much in here.
Google made some previously optional recommendations into hard requirements now.
They defined HOSTLOAD as “the total amount of time your server spends holding connections open for Google, factoring in both the number of parallel connections and their duration.”
Which made my benchmark test come up against Dave Smart's server-side delay test which came to the conclusion that Googlebot says for more than 5 seconds.
Who is right?
Turns out we both technically are because we were testing different things.
Googlebot renders for 5 seconds if its not waiting for anything.
And the Googlebot can hit pause on the rendering and keep the browser on hold for 30 seconds.
One tests for how long the rendering window is actively rendering and the other tests for how long Google will keep the browser on hold.
Guess which one kills your Hostload?
Mentioned in the show:
Carolyn Holzman
David Smart
https://tamethebots.com/blog-n-bits/the-5-second-google-render-limit-myth
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