As , Google can now crawl from places exterior of the US. We all know that is uncommon, it’s utilized in particular conditions. However if you wish to know if Google is crawling your web site from exterior of the US, then it is advisable examine your log information.
You can not use the crawl stats report in Google Search Console to see the placement Googlebot is crawling your web site.
I imply, it might be neat if the “crawl requests breakdown” confirmed by location or area but it surely solely reveals by response, by file sort, by objective and by Googlebot sort. Here’s a screenshot:
John Mueller of Google was requested about this and responded on Mastodon saying, “From a sensible POV, I might take a look at your server logs. My guess is nearly all the requests will proceed to come back from the identical places. I might see the totally different places extra as a means of coping with damaged web sites on the messy internet, and fewer of one thing to intention for.”
He added that perhaps someday sooner or later it would change however proper now, it’s uncommon. “Possibly that may change over time, perhaps the net will probably be extra geographically splintered? It is exhausting to evaluate how the net will evolve,” he added.
Discussion board dialogue at Mastodon.
