SEO team uses Grok bot groups as web crawler, sometimes beating ScreamingFrog locally
gaganghotra_ · x · 2026-10-12
SEO practitioner Gagan Ghotra says xAI's Grok bots work surprisingly well as web crawlers: he runs Grok bot groups with three "analyst" roles (screenshot shows a GSC Prompt Estimation Team with Coordinator, Analysts A/B/C and QA) for Google Search Console prompt estimation workflows, with crawl rates sometimes better than running ScreamingFrog locally.
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