If you've made changes to your website and want Search Atlas to scan it again, you can easily launch a new crawl using the Recrawl option inside Site Auditor. Running a recrawl helps refresh your audit data so you can review updated insights, monitor site health, and confirm whether recent site changes are being reflected in your audit results.
🧭 Where to Find the Recrawl Option
To recrawl an existing site: go to the left sidebar and click OTTO SEO, then under Site Audit click All Audits, and find your site in the list. Each site appears as a card with key metrics and a View Audit button.
🛠️ How to Start a Recrawl
Once you're on the OTTO SEO → Site Audit → Overview (Website Overview) page, click the Recrawl Site button directly. This immediately starts a new crawl for the selected site.
🧩 You Can Also Recrawl from the Audit Overview
If you click View Audit, the audit Overview page opens. From there, you can also find the Recrawl Site option in the top area of the audit view — handy if you're already reviewing your site audit and want to relaunch the crawl without returning to the All Audits page.
📈 What Happens After You Click Recrawl
Once the recrawl begins, Search Atlas starts a new crawl for that site. You can remain on the page and monitor the crawl as it progresses — the site card updates its crawl status, and during an active crawl you may see Live Crawl Logs appear on the card.
⚙️ Optional but Recommended: Update Crawl Settings First
Before launching a recrawl, you may want to adjust your crawl settings to better match your current audit needs. Click the site's three-dot menu and select Crawl Settings. From there, you can configure Max. Pages to Crawl (for example, 100 pages) and Crawl Frequency (for example, Weekly). Click Show more to reveal advanced settings such as User Agent, an Ignore robots.txt toggle, a JS Rendering toggle, a Crawl Speed slider, and URL Exclusion conditions.
After making your changes, click Update, return to the three-dot menu, and click Recrawl to launch the new crawl with your updated settings.
Use Recrawl whenever you want Search Atlas to refresh the audit for an existing site and reflect the latest version of your website. If you want even better results, review your Crawl Settings first so the next crawl runs with the exact scope and behavior you need.
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