What kind of tool is Screaming Frog SEO Spider?

Screaming Frog SEO Spider is an SEO tool that helps crawl websites and analyze technical SEO elements such as titles, meta descriptions, URLs, broken links, and many other factors.

It helps optimize websites by providing detailed information about the website’s structure and SEO performance.

You just need to input the website and click Start, and the tool will be able to scan and report the data for you.

Additionally, you can configure more options for the Crawl Bot to match the purpose you want.

Crawl Settings for Spider
Crawl Settings for Spider

Functions of Screaming Frog SEO Spider

Screaming Frog SEO Spider has the ability to scan an entire website in a way similar to how Google search engines operate. It gathers information on important elements such as page titles, meta tags, H1 and H2 tags, internal links, and other SEO-related factors. This tool helps identify issues like broken links, duplicate or missing meta tags, and even faulty or inappropriate content.

Here is a list of the main functions of Screaming Frog SEO Spider:

Check internal and external links: Detect broken links and check the accuracy of both internal and external links.

Check External Links - Outgoing Links Easily with Screaming Frog SEO Spider using the External Tab
Check External Links – Outgoing Links Easily with Screaming Frog SEO Spider using the External Tab

You can easily check external (outgoing) links by using the “External” tab in Screaming Frog SEO Spider. This feature allows you to review all outgoing links from your website, helping you identify any issues such as broken external links or links that may need attention.

Analyze Meta Tags and Page Titles:

This function evaluates and detects problems related to meta descriptions and page titles (title tags), including issues with length, duplication, or missing tags.

You can analyze whether the page title has any serious issues that need to be optimized.
You can analyze whether the page title has any serious issues that need to be optimized.
Tracking and optimizing Meta Descriptions across the entire site is very simple.
Tracking and optimizing Meta Descriptions across the entire site is very simple.

Check H1 and H2 tags: Identify the presence and structure of H1 and H2 tags, helping to optimize content structure for SEO.

Statistics and detailed view of the status of H1 and H2 tags on the website.
Statistics and detailed view of the status of H1 and H2 tags on the website.

Detect duplicate content: Search for and report duplicate content on the website, helping to prevent penalties from search engines.

Check for duplicate content, thin content, and pages with little content.
Check for duplicate content, thin content, and pages with little content.
Check for broken links (HTTP Response Code 4xx).
Check for broken links (HTTP Response Code 4xx).

Analyze URL structure: Evaluate the length, structure, and status of the URLs on the website.

Monitor and evaluate the URLs on the website.
Monitor and evaluate the URLs on the website.
Check HTML errors - HTML Validation
Check HTML errors – HTML Validation
Check the status of the Sitemap.
Check the status of the Sitemap.
Check Hreflang - for multilingual sites.
Check Hreflang – for multilingual sites.
Check the Noindex - Index status on the page.
Check the Noindex – Index status on the page.
Check the Canonical Link - identify any errors that need fixing.
Check the Canonical Link – identify any errors that need fixing.
Check the Meta Keywords on the page.
Check the Meta Keywords on the page.

Integrate with Google Analytics and Google Search Console: Connect and analyze data from Google Analytics and Search Console to gain a comprehensive view of SEO performance.

This section requires you to connect with Google Analytics Google Search Console to view the reports.
This section requires you to connect with Google Analytics Google Search Console to view the reports.

Export detailed reports: Export detailed reports on SEO elements, supporting the planning and execution of website optimization strategies.

Export various types of reports.
Export various types of reports.
Crawl Tree Graph
Crawl Tree Graph
Force Directed Crawl Diagram - a quite interesting feature.
Force Directed Crawl Diagram – a quite interesting feature.
Force-Directed Directory Tree Diagram
Force-Directed Directory Tree Diagram
3D Force Directed Crawl Diagram
3D Force Directed Crawl Diagram