HardDesign: Web Crawler
Why is BFS (Breadth-First Search) preferred over DFS for web crawling?
— Tests your understanding of this concept.
Answer Options
ABFS is faster
BBFS discovers high-quality linked pages earlier and avoids getting trapped in deep paths of low-quality sites
CDFS uses more memory
DBFS handles JavaScript better
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