📘 This article provides answers to frequently asked questions about SpeedWorkers. SpeedWorkers is part of Botify's Activation Suite, available as an option with a Botify Pro or Enterprise plan.
Why am I seeing 304 codes?
Why am I seeing 304 codes?
If the bot provides an "if-modified-since" header and the page has not been refreshed since that date, then SpeedWorkers returns a 304 status code to let the bot know it does not have to download the same HTML again. This speeds up the discovery of your content and protects your crawl budget.
Does SpeedWorkers help with Core Web Vitals?
Does SpeedWorkers help with Core Web Vitals?
No, Core Web Vitals measure the user experience, but SpeedWorkers is a measure of bot experience.
How are refresh credits calculated?
How are refresh credits calculated?
Refresh credits are calculated based on page load time.
Is using SpeedWorkers considered cloaking?
Is using SpeedWorkers considered cloaking?
No, SpeedWorkers dynamically renders your pages to make your content more accessible to bots, which both Google and Bing recommend.
How is speed measured?
How is speed measured?
SpeedWorkers targets the bot-facing speed and rendering quality since this impacts the crawl ratio and indexation quality. The “speed” index in SpeedWorkers is the total time to fetch the page + rendering time if needed.
How long are pages kept in inventory?
How long are pages kept in inventory?
The cache behavior settings determine the duration of a page in the SpeedWorkers inventory. Please refer to the Understanding the Page Lifecycle article for more information.