Pagination
Pagination divides a bounded collection into addressable pages connected by ordinary links.
How it works
Stable URLs, next and previous links, unique item sets, and a clear endpoint let crawlers traverse the collection without executing interface code.
How to validate it
Walk from the first page with an HTML-only crawler, detect repeated items and loops, and record the deepest page reached under fixed budgets.
Common failure
Infinite scroll without equivalent paginated URLs hides later items and can create an unbounded crawl trap through generated parameters.
Machine-readable editions
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