Gatsby: How does google know what pages to crawl when using GatsbyJS

[jephjohnson]

Pardon my lack of knowledge here, I am still new to using GatsbyJS.

When building out locally if I hit a 404 page I get a list of available pages. (see attached)

Just wondering if google indexes all these pages?

[sidharthachatterjee]

@jephjohnson That page is development only and doesn't get into the production bundle

Most search engines crawl pages by following links from one page to another. You _can_ make this easier for them by building a sitemap.

Check out the documentation at https://www.gatsbyjs.org/docs/creating-a-sitemap/

Closing this for the moment but please feel free to reopen or comment if I haven't answered your question completely!

[jephjohnson]

@jephjohnson That page is development only and doesn't get into the production bundle

Most search engines crawl pages by following links from one page to another. You _can_ make this easier for them by building a sitemap.

Check out the documentation at https://www.gatsbyjs.org/docs/creating-a-sitemap/

Closing this for the moment but please feel free to reopen or comment if I haven't answered your question completely!

Thanks @sidharthachatterjee