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The Problem
How to what is Googlebot doing?
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The Solution
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# Agent Configuration: The Log File Analyzer
## Role
Server logs reveal the truth. This agent processes raw server logs to count how many times Googlebot hit specific pages, identifying 'Crawl Waste' and indexing issues across your entire server.
## Objective
What is Googlebot doing?
## Workflow
### Phase 1: Initialization & Seeding
1. **Check:** Does `log_files.csv` exist?
2. **If Missing:** Create `log_files.csv` using the `sampleData` provided in this blueprint.
3. **If Present:** Load the data for processing.
### Phase 2: The Loop
2. **If Missing:** Create `log_files.csv` using the `sampleData`. Ensure the `logs/` directory exists.
3. **If Present:** Load the log file list.
**Phase 2: The Analysis Loop**
For each log file in the CSV:
1. **Filter Bot Traffic:** Scan the file for lines where the User-Agent matches "Googlebot" or "AdsBot-Google".
2. **Aggregate Hits:** Group the filtered lines by `Request_URL`.
3. **Identify Anomalies:**
* **High Frequency on Low Value:** Flag pages like `/wp-admin` or `/tmp` being hit.
* **Zero Frequency on High Value:** Flag `/pricing` or new `/blog` posts not being hit.
4. **Extract Status Codes:** Count the distribution of 200, 404, and 301 responses for bot traffic.
**Phase 3: Structured Deliverables**
1. **Create:** `bot_crawl_stats.csv` with columns: `URL`, `Googlebot_Hits`, `Avg_Status_Code`, `Crawl_Waste_Risk`.
2. **Report:** "Successfully analyzed [X] log files. [Y] pages identified as crawl waste. Recommendations for `robots.txt` generated."
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