Bosanski
DeutschWhole site or URL list
On the start screen you choose one of two modes:
| Mode | What it does | When to use it |
|---|---|---|
| Whole site | Starts at the address you enter and follows every internal link until it has visited every page. | Site audits, finding broken links, preparing a sitemap. |
| URL list | Checks only the addresses you paste in or load from a file, without following links. | Checking redirects after a migration, checking a list from Search Console. |
Starting
- Enter the address with
https://, e.g.https://example.com. If the site redirects towwwor the other way round, the crawler sees it and reports it. - Check the settings if the defaults don't suit you: depth limit, speed, JavaScript. For a first crawl the defaults are enough. More in configuration.
- Click Start.
While the crawl runs
The table fills in real time, and at the top you can see how many URLs have been processed and how many are waiting. You can pause a crawl and resume it later, and with the saved file you can even resume it after closing the app.
Be polite to the server. On small hosting, lower the number of concurrent requests. If the server starts returning 429 or 503, the bee slows down by itself, but it's better not to get that far.
When the crawl finishes
The bee goes once more through everything it has gathered and works out what you can't see from a single page: inlinks, orphan pages, duplicates, redirect chains and hreflang return links. Only then are the numbers in the tabs final.
On the right is the Overview, with the number of URLs per tab and filter, and a list of issues sorted by importance, each with a short explanation of what it means and how to fix it.
Next: how to read tabs and filters.