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What is the difference between an Ahrefs crawl error and a Semrush site audit warning, and which one actually hurts my SEO more?

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What is the difference between an Ahrefs crawl error and a Semrush site audit warning, and which one actually hurts my SEO more?
3 real searches · 1 real-search pass
Ahrefs Site Audit crawl errors meaning crawler access errors official documentationGoogle ↗
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Semrush Site Audit warnings severity errors warnings notices official documentationGoogle ↗
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Google Search Central crawling indexing pages server errors robots noindex canonical documentationGoogle ↗
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Badge and edge weight = share of passes that produced the query. Hover a query for its intent and routing format.

Query classes

Google's semantic query class for every sub-query: what kind of answer each search is after, simulated vs real.

ChatGPT real searches (3)
Short factOther / navigationalComparisonConsequenceReason100%DefinitionInstructionYes / no

Classes come from the query-classifier (a local Laya model). 3 of 3 calls are low-confidence (under 50%) — hover a query in the table to see its confidence.

Searches and sources

ChatGPT3 real searches · gpt-6
Ahrefs Site Audit crawl errors meaning crawler access errors official documentation Google ↗
Semrush Site Audit warnings severity errors warnings notices official documentation Google ↗
Google Search Central crawling indexing pages server errors robots noindex canonical documentation Google ↗

Queries

3 queries · click a column to sort
Query / typeSearchIntentQuery classRouting formatClusterFreq ↓Weight
Ahrefs Site Audit crawl errors meaning crawler access errors official documentation
OBSERVED
Google ↗
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—Reason——1x
of 1
Semrush Site Audit warnings severity errors warnings notices official documentation
OBSERVED
Google ↗
AI Mode ↗
—Reason——1x
of 1
Google Search Central crawling indexing pages server errors robots noindex canonical documentation
OBSERVED
Google ↗
AI Mode ↗
—Reason——1x
of 1