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Map before you crawl

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Key takeaway. Discover the URL set first, filter by keyword and path, then crawl the subset; the map call costs one credit and saves thousands.

A one-credit call that turns a 5,000-page crawl into a 180-page one. How to filter a domain's URL set before you spend on pages.

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Map APIMap the domain before you crawl itEvery URL of a site from its sitemaps and page links, deduplicated and filtered, for one flat credit.
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