diff --git a/crawl4ai/async_crawler_strategy.py b/crawl4ai/async_crawler_strategy.py
index 576c6319..c213a249 100644
--- a/crawl4ai/async_crawler_strategy.py
+++ b/crawl4ai/async_crawler_strategy.py
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ from playwright.async_api import TimeoutError as PlaywrightTimeoutError
 from io import BytesIO
 from PIL import Image, ImageDraw, ImageFont
 import hashlib
+import random
 import uuid
 from .js_snippet import load_js_script
 from .models import AsyncCrawlResponse
@@ -476,19 +477,6 @@ class AsyncPlaywrightCrawlerStrategy(AsyncCrawlerStrategy):
             if needs_browser:
                 # Route through _crawl_web() for full browser pipeline
                 # _crawl_web() will detect file:// and raw: URLs and use set_content()
-                if url.startswith("raw"):
-                    _raw_len = len(url) - (6 if url.startswith("raw://") else 4)
-                    _triggers = [k for k in ("process_in_browser", "screenshot", "pdf",
-                        "capture_mhtml", "js_code", "wait_for", "scan_full_page",
-                        "remove_overlay_elements", "remove_consent_popups",
-                        "simulate_user", "magic", "process_iframes",
-                        "capture_console_messages", "capture_network_requests")
-                        if getattr(config, k, None)]
-                    self.logger.info(
-                        message="raw: URL ({len} bytes) routed to browser — triggers: {triggers}",
-                        tag="RAW_DEBUG",
-                        params={"len": _raw_len, "triggers": _triggers},
-                    )
                 return await self._crawl_web(url, config)
 
             # Fast path: return HTML directly without browser interaction
@@ -733,11 +721,6 @@ class AsyncPlaywrightCrawlerStrategy(AsyncCrawlerStrategy):
                         # raw:// or raw:
                         html_content = url[6:] if url.startswith("raw://") else url[4:]
 
-                    self.logger.info(
-                        message="set_content: input_len={input_len}, wait_until={wait_until}",
-                        tag="RAW_DEBUG",
-                        params={"input_len": len(html_content), "wait_until": config.wait_until},
-                    )
                     await page.set_content(html_content, wait_until=config.wait_until)
                     response = None
                     # For raw: URLs, only use base_url if provided; don't fall back to the raw HTML string
@@ -966,12 +949,14 @@ class AsyncPlaywrightCrawlerStrategy(AsyncCrawlerStrategy):
                         params={"error": bw_result.get("error")},
                     )
 
-            # Handle user simulation
+            # Handle user simulation — generate mouse movement and scroll
+            # signals that anti-bot systems look for, without firing keyboard
+            # events (ArrowDown triggers JS framework navigation) or clicking
+            # at fixed positions (may hit buttons/links and navigate away).
             if config.simulate_user or config.magic:
-                await page.mouse.move(100, 100)
-                await page.mouse.down()
-                await page.mouse.up()
-                await page.keyboard.press("ArrowDown")
+                await page.mouse.move(random.randint(100, 300), random.randint(150, 300))
+                await page.mouse.move(random.randint(300, 600), random.randint(200, 400))
+                await page.mouse.wheel(0, random.randint(200, 400))
 
             # --- Phase 2: Wait for page readiness ---
 
@@ -1071,14 +1056,6 @@ class AsyncPlaywrightCrawlerStrategy(AsyncCrawlerStrategy):
             else:
                 html = await page.content()
 
-            # Debug: log output length for raw: URLs to diagnose empty DOM issues
-            if is_local_content:
-                self.logger.info(
-                    message="page.content: output_len={output_len}",
-                    tag="RAW_DEBUG",
-                    params={"output_len": len(html) if html else 0},
-                )
-
             await self.execute_hook(
                 "before_return_html", page=page, html=html, context=context, config=config
             )