# Leading Web Crawling Service
# Web crawling services for continuously refreshed web data.
Define the public websites and page types that matter to your business. PromptCloud configures crawl coverage, schedules recrawls, monitors source changes and keeps the collection process running.
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- Scheduled recrawls
- New-page discovery
- Change monitoring
A crawl control map showing seed websites entering a discovery queue, scheduled recrawls and monitored coverage states. **CRAWL CONTROL / COVERAGE MAP**MONITORED seed-domain-01seed-domain-02seed-domain-03 DISCOVERY QUEUE**classify target pages**→CRAWL SCHEDULER**prioritise recrawls** PAGE CLASS**product detail***ACTIVE* PAGE CLASS**category listing***ACTIVE* PAGE CLASS**newly discovered***QUEUED* CHANGE WATCH**structure and status**→DOWNSTREAM**extraction workflow** **Scope defined**DOMAINS + RULES**Cadence agreed**RECRAWL POLICY**Failures reviewed**ISSUE HANDLING #### 14+ years
delivering enterprise web data #### Defined coverage
domains, paths and page classes #### Scheduled recrawls
based on the agreed requirement #### Managed operations
monitoring and source maintenance ## Crawling keeps track of which pages exist and when they should be revisited.
A web crawler starts from an approved set of public pages, follows defined paths and identifies other pages that match the project scope. It then revisits those pages on an agreed schedule so new, changed and unavailable pages can be handled. Crawling is one layer of a web data pipeline. Extraction identifies the fields required from each page. Validation checks the resulting records. Delivery moves the structured data into the customer’s systems. [See the complete managed web scraping service →](https://www.promptcloud.com/solutions/web-scraping-services/) Web crawling #### Find and revisit pages
Controls source coverage, page discovery, crawl paths, schedules and failure handling. Web scraping #### Extract required fields
Maps page content into the fields and schema needed by the customer. Managed service #### Operate the full data feed
Combines crawling, extraction, quality controls, monitoring, maintenance and delivery. ## A successful request does not prove that the right pages were found.
Crawl operations need to measure discovery and freshness, not only whether a website returned a response.
### Relevant pages are missed
New categories, pagination paths or page templates fall outside the discovery rules and never enter the collection.
Watch: unexpected coverage gaps ### Pages become stale
High-change pages are revisited too slowly while stable pages consume unnecessary crawl activity.
Watch: freshness by page class ### Crawl rules drift
Website navigation or URL structures change, causing the crawler to follow irrelevant paths or stop finding target pages.
Watch: structural shifts ### Failures hide in totals
Overall page counts appear stable even while specific sources, locations or target templates begin failing.
Watch: source-level status ## From an approved source list to monitored recurring coverage.
The crawl plan is configured around the actual websites, page types, freshness requirement and exclusions in the project.
01 ### Define the scope
Agree the seed domains, target page classes, geographies, paths and explicit exclusions.
02 ### Test feasibility
Review how target pages can be discovered, accessed and classified before setting expectations.
03 ### Configure discovery
Set the rules that identify relevant pages and prevent unrelated sections from entering the crawl.
04 ### Schedule recrawls
Prioritise revisits according to the required freshness and the behaviour of each page class.
05 ### Monitor coverage
Track crawl failures, unavailable pages, structural changes and unexpected shifts in discovered volume.
06 ### Maintain the crawl
Update the agreed crawling configuration when source structures or project requirements change.
## Coverage must be defined before scale is discussed.
These inputs determine what the crawler should include, how often it should return and which conditions require review. Project crawl policy Configured per requirement 01 / SEEDS #### Starting domains
The approved websites, subdomains and initial pages used to begin discovery. 02 / TARGETS #### Page classes
The product, listing, article, profile or other pages that belong in scope. 03 / PATHS #### Inclusion rules
The URL patterns, categories and navigational paths the crawler should follow. 04 / EXCLUSIONS #### Out-of-scope areas
The domains, paths, content types and fields that must not be collected. 05 / CADENCE #### Recrawl schedule
How frequently each page class should be revisited based on the requirement. 06 / LOCALE #### Geography and language
The market, language and location conditions relevant to source coverage. 07 / STATES #### Page status handling
How new, changed, unavailable and removed pages should be treated.
08 / ALERTS #### Issue thresholds
The failure, volume and structural conditions that trigger investigation. ## Different websites require different coverage plans.
These are examples of crawling patterns. The downstream data fields and schema are defined separately. Catalogues ### Category and product discovery
Follow approved catalogue paths, identify new product pages and revisit existing pages according to the required freshness.
**Page classes:** category, product, seller **Coverage question:** which products are new, changed or unavailable? Listings ### Marketplace and directory coverage
Discover listing pages across selected locations or categories and manage pagination, duplicates and listing status changes. **Page classes:** search, listing, profile **Coverage question:** which records entered or left the market? Publishing ### News and event discovery
Monitor approved sections for newly published pages and revisit relevant records when updates are expected.
**Page classes:** article, notice, event **Coverage question:** what has been published or updated? ## Validate the crawl plan against the real sources.
Coverage claims should be tied to the approved domains, page classes and schedule rather than presented as universal guarantees.
01 ### Source feasibility
Whether the requested public pages can be discovered and accessed within scope. 02 ### Page classification
How relevant page types will be distinguished from unrelated content. 03 ### Initial coverage sample
Examples of the pages found through the proposed crawl rules. 04 ### Recrawl recommendation
A schedule based on the freshness requirement and source behaviour. [ Request a crawl feasibility review ](https://www.promptcloud.com/contact/) **Illustrative coverage review**SCOPE CHECKED The actual page classes and states depend on the reviewed websites.
**Seed domain**
approved starting pointIN SCOPE **Category pages**
discovery paths identifiedMAPPED **Target detail pages**
page class confirmedCLASSIFIED **Recrawl rule**
cadence to be agreedREVIEWED **Excluded paths**
out-of-scope areas documentedRECORDED After the crawl ## Need structured records rather than page coverage?
Web crawling controls which pages are found and revisited. PromptCloud’s managed web scraping service adds field extraction, schema mapping, validation and scheduled delivery.
[ Explore managed web scraping ](https://www.promptcloud.com/solutions/web-scraping-services/) [ Compare build vs buy ](https://www.promptcloud.com/web-scraping-build-vs-buy/)## Teams that made the switch
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We will review the source conditions, page classes and freshness requirement before recommending a crawl plan. Submit Your Requirement ## Web crawling services explained.
Direct answers to the questions that affect crawl scope, freshness and operating responsibility. What is a web crawling service?A web crawling service configures and operates crawlers that discover and revisit pages across an approved set of public websites. The crawl scope defines which domains, paths and page classes are included, while the recrawl policy defines how often different pages are revisited.
What is the difference between web crawling and web scraping?Web crawling finds pages and manages when they should be revisited. Web scraping extracts specific fields from those pages into a defined structure. A managed web data service can combine crawling, extraction, validation, monitoring and delivery.
Can a crawler discover newly published pages?Yes, when new-page discovery is included in the project scope. PromptCloud defines the approved paths and page patterns the crawler should follow so relevant new pages can enter the collection workflow.
How is crawl frequency determined?Crawl frequency depends on how quickly the source changes, how fresh the downstream data must be, the number and type of pages in scope and the source conditions. The schedule is agreed after the sources and business requirement are reviewed.
What happens when a website changes?PromptCloud monitors the configured crawl for failures, structural changes and unexpected shifts in discovered pages. The crawl logic is reviewed and maintained within the agreed project scope.
Can PromptCloud crawl JavaScript-heavy websites?Feasibility depends on the specific website, the requested pages and the access conditions. PromptCloud reviews the actual sources before confirming coverage, frequency or implementation.
Which websites can PromptCloud crawl, and how is compliance reviewed?PromptCloud works with publicly accessible websites. Each source, page type and requested field is reviewed for feasibility and compliance before the scope is confirmed. PromptCloud also documents categories of data it does not collect.
Does web crawling include structured data delivery?Crawling controls page discovery and revisits. If the requirement is a ready structured feed, the crawl can be connected to PromptCloud’s managed extraction, validation and delivery workflow.