What is the main purpose of a web crawler program? Can someone explain? or What is the main purpose o

Web crawlers are the backbone of search engines! Their main purpose is to explore the web, index content, and make it searchable.

They don’t just scan randomly—they follow algorithms to decide which pages to visit first (like popular sites or fresh content).

Also, they *do* more than index—some track updates, analyze SEO, or even scrape data for research.