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The Facets Followed by Spiders section of Hawksearch SEO Influencer allows you to specify which facets should be crawled by spiders and the depth of the facets (only for nested scenarios) that should be crawled.
Our SEO Influencer tool used to not limit how many facet values per facet should be considered for sitemap creation.
With February 2022 release we have made the following changes:
now has ability to help you with your crawl budget by limiting the number of facets.
UI Changes
Added a Max # of Values per Facet column that will allow to limit the number of facet values from each facet that we will use for sitemap building.
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Changes that Impact Different Facet Types
a. Non-nested facets
For non-nested facets the max # of facet values per facet is applied at the facet level.
E.g. if max # of facet values per facet for Color facet is 5, we will only use the first 5 facet values for sitemap building.
Example:
Let’s look at the Brand facet shown below. Only the first 5 facet values will be used for the sitemap building:
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For nested facets (both nested links and nested checkbox types) we are accounting for max # of facet values per facet AND Max Depth.
Example:
If max # of facet values per facet for Department facet is 2, and max depth is set to 2, we will have to account for 2x2=4 variations that will be used for sitemap building.
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d. Swatches, Range/Open Range, and Slider Facets
Swatches, rangeIncluded in in sitemap building:
Swatches
Range/open range facets
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Not included in sitemap building.:
Sliders
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e. Facet boosting and Visibility Rules
Boosting and visibility rules on a facets for facet values within a facet are not taken into consideration for sitemap building.
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