Technical Definition
Crawl rate is how frequently Googlebot requests pages from your site. Affected by: site health, server capacity, content updates, site importance. Google automatically adjusts to avoid overloading servers. Can limit (not increase) crawl rate in Search Console. Different from crawl budget (total pages crawled). Most sites don't need to worry about it.
Simple Explanation (ELI13)
Crawl rate is how fast Googlebot visits your site. Google automatically adjusts based on your server's capability and how important your site is. You can slow it down in Search Console if Google is hitting your server too hard, but you can't speed it up. Most sites don't need to worry about this.
Related Terms
Crawl Budget, Googlebot, Server Response, Crawling
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