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How to Build a Google-Like Web Crawler in .NET
Ever wondered how Google’s bots crawl the website and indexing billions of pages and data? this artticle help you to learn how to build a scalable, intelligent web crawler using .NET — from fetching pages to parsing links like a real spider. Whether you’re a .NET developer, software engineer, or tech innovator, this article breaks down the core components of a crawler, including queue management, robots.txt handling, and data storage. If you’re interested in building your own search engine, content aggregator, or automated bot for your business, this step-by-step tutorial is your perfect starting point.
What Web Crawler?
A data crawler (also known as a web crawler, spider, or bot) is a software program that automatically browses the internet to collect and extract data from web pages. It’s like a virtual reader that visits websites, reads their content, and stores specific information for further use.