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What is the difference between crawling and indexing from a technical perspective?
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Crawling is the process of discovering and downloading web pages. Indexing is the process of analyzing the content of those pages and adding them to Google's index. Crawling is the 'finding' step, while indexing is the 'understanding' and 'storing' step. Both are essential for SEO success.