Crawl comparison · exact retained evidence
Compare complete site-audit snapshots
Load two OpenWebmaster crawl exports to find exact changes in response behavior, crawl controls, metadata, content fingerprints, internal-link observations, and findings. Files stay in your browser.
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CRAWL IMPORT
Run site auditUse exports from two audit runs
Baseline is the earlier or reference crawl. Current is the later or candidate crawl. Each file is validated against the complete site-audit contract before comparison.
DIFF
Load both crawl exports to begin.
No example changes, estimated impact, or manufactured regression score appears before two valid evidence sets are present.
Release review
Use differences as evidence, then verify intent
Keep crawl conditions aligned
Use the same start URL, crawler policy, page limit, and depth when the goal is a release-to-release comparison.
Investigate absence before acting
Check navigation, robots rules, sitemaps, response logs, and the URL directly before treating an unretained page as removed.
Connect decisions to the live audit
Rerun affected URLs and retain provider or first-party evidence separately when a decision depends on crawl or index state.