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Googlebot Simulator: See What a Crawler Reads on Your Page

Paste a page's HTML source and see what a search crawler extracts: title, meta description, robots and canonical tags, the heading outline, the visible text and word count, plus link and image alt checks.

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For your privacy and browser security this tool cannot fetch a live URL. It reads the HTML you paste, parses it in a detached document so any scripts in your page never run, and shows what a crawler would extract.

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When a search crawler visits a page it does two things. First it reads the raw HTML the server sends, then it renders the page much like a browser does, running JavaScript and building the final layout. The text, headings and links that already sit in the raw HTML are the safest bet, because they are available before any script runs. Anything that only appears after JavaScript executes can still be read, but it depends on rendering working correctly and on the crawler choosing to spend the time. That is why this tool focuses on the HTML you paste in: it shows you the foundation a crawler starts from.

What a crawler pulls from your page

The signals below are the ones this simulator extracts, and they map directly to how your page can appear in search.

ElementWhy it matters
Title and meta descriptionThese often become the headline and snippet in search results. If they are missing, the engine writes its own from your page text.
Meta robots (noindex / nofollow)A stray noindex keeps the page out of search entirely. This is one of the most common reasons a page silently disappears.
Canonical linkTells the engine which URL is the preferred version when similar pages exist, so ranking signals are not split.
Heading outlineHeadings give the crawler the structure of your content. One clear H1 and a logical order help it understand the topic.
Visible text and word countThe plain text left after scripts and styles are removed is roughly the copy the engine evaluates for relevance.
Image alt textAlt text is what a crawler reads in place of an image, and it feeds both image search and accessibility.

Why the gap between HTML and rendering matters

Plenty of pages look complete in a browser yet hand a crawler almost nothing in the raw HTML, because the real content is built by scripts after load. If your main text, headings or links only show up after rendering, you are relying on a slower, less certain path to get indexed. Pasting your source here is a quick way to check whether the important parts are present from the start. If a page reads thin here, that is a strong hint to move key content into the server response. For a full picture across your whole site, request a free SEO audit and we will check rendering, indexing and structure for you.

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FAQ

Googlebot Simulator: questions, answered

Does this tool fetch my live URL like Googlebot does?
No. For privacy and browser security, a page running in your browser cannot reliably fetch and read another site's HTML, so this tool analyses the HTML you paste in instead. Open your page, view its source, copy it, and paste it here. The result reflects exactly the markup you provide, which is the same raw HTML a crawler receives before it renders the page.
How do I get my page's HTML source?
In most browsers, right-click anywhere on the page and choose View Page Source, or press Ctrl+U on Windows and Cmd+Option+U on Mac. Select all of it, copy it, and paste it into the box above. This is the raw HTML the server sent, which is what a crawler reads first.
Is it safe to paste HTML that contains scripts?
Yes. The tool parses your HTML with DOMParser into a detached document that is never attached to the live page, so any scripts, styles or tracking code in your markup do not run. It only reads values out as plain text, so nothing in your pasted code can execute or change this page.
Why does my page show fewer words here than I expected?
This tool reads only the raw HTML you paste, before JavaScript runs. If your main content is injected by scripts after the page loads, it will not appear in the source, so the word count looks low. That gap is exactly the problem worth knowing about, because content that depends on rendering is riskier to get indexed than content present in the HTML from the start.
What counts as an internal versus external link?
Links that start with http:// or https:// are counted as external, since they point to a full address that is usually another site. Relative links such as /about or product.html are counted as internal. Anchors, mailto, tel and javascript links are skipped because they are not normal page-to-page navigation a crawler follows for ranking.

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