my SEO tool says crawl errors but I don't know what's actually important

Crawl errors are only important if they block Google from accessing pages you actually want indexed.

Here’s the quick way to tell what matters:

Usually important

• Robots.txt blocks pages you want indexed
• 5xx server errors on important pages
• Soft 404s on real pages
• Redirect chains / loops
• Important pages returning 404 or 410
• Canonical issues causing the wrong page to be indexed
• Noindex accidentally on pages you want in search

Usually less important

• 404s for pages that:
  • were intentionally removed
  • are old campaign URLs
  • have no backlinks or traffic
• Broken links to unimportant pages
• Crawl errors on URLs that were never meant to rank

What to check first

1. Are the errors on pages with traffic, backlinks, or rankings?
2. Are they indexable pages or junk URLs?
3. Is Google Search Console reporting them, or just your SEO tool?
4. Are they 404, 5xx, blocked, or redirect errors?

Simple rule

• If it’s a page you want in Google, fix it.
• If it’s an old or useless URL, it may not matter.

Best next step

If you want, paste:

• the error type
• a few example URLs
• whether they get traffic/backlinks

and I’ll tell you which ones are worth fixing and which you can ignore.