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Web Crawler Simulator

Test how 20+ search engine and AI crawlers see your Lovable app or website. Verify robots.txt rules, check content visibility, and get a prompt to fix issues.

Test Any Crawler

Select a crawler and enter your URL to see what the bot sees.

AI / LLM

Crawlers used by AI chatbots and large language models to fetch web content for answers and training.

Search Engines

Crawlers used by major search engines to index web pages for search results.

Social Media

Crawlers used by social media platforms to generate link preview cards.

Enterprise

Crawlers used by enterprise tools and services for data collection and indexing.

Lovable Guide

Why Crawler Visibility Matters for Lovable Apps

When you build with Lovable, your app is a single-page application (SPA) by default. SPAs load content dynamically with JavaScript — which means crawlers like Googlebot might see an empty page instead of your actual content. If Google can't see your content, it can't index it. If it can't index it, no one finds your app through search. AI assistants like ChatGPT and Perplexity have the same problem — they can only cite what their crawlers can access.

1

Simulate key crawlers

Start with Googlebot to check search visibility, then try GPTBot and ClaudeBot to check AI visibility. Each crawler has different capabilities — some can render JavaScript, others can't.

2

Check the word count and heading structure

If the crawler sees very few words or no headings, your content isn't being rendered server-side. This is common with SPAs. Look at the 'Body Content' section to see exactly what text the crawler can read.

3

Look for the SPA shell warning

If the tool detects an SPA shell, it means crawlers are seeing a mostly empty page with duplicate shell-level meta tags. This is the #1 SEO problem for Lovable apps.

4

Fix with server-side rendering

Ask Lovable to enable server-side rendering (SSR) or pre-rendering for your key pages. This ensures crawlers see fully rendered HTML with all your content, headings, and meta tags.

Example prompt to paste into Lovable:

Enable server-side rendering (SSR) for my app's main pages so that search engines and AI crawlers can see the full content.

Specifically:
- Make sure the homepage renders full HTML on the server
- Ensure all meta tags (title, description, og:title, og:image) are in the initial HTML response
- Add proper <h1> headings that are visible without JavaScript
- Make sure the canonical URL is set correctly for each page

Run this simulator after every major update to your Lovable app. Content that was visible to crawlers yesterday might not be visible after a routing change or a new component that loads data client-side. Regular testing ensures your app stays discoverable.

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