OSE shows URLs redirecting to our custom created error page, is this a problem?.

[pugh]

When I check the link metrics for my product pages in OSE, it shows a message saying that the page redirects to our custom error page. This page was recently created to display when there is an error with the website.

Do I need to be concerned that OSE is seeing all product pages as redirecting to this error page? Will it affect page authority etc,?

I have attached a screen shot of the message that OSE displays for reference.

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[pugh]

Thanks Keri

[KeriMorgret]

If you send an email to help@seomoz.org the help desk can look and make sure that OSE is seeing everything properly.

[pugh]

I'm still looking into it at the moment Keri, although I haven't seen any negative affects so far.

[KeriMorgret]

Are you still having this problem, or did you get it figured out?

[pugh]

Thanks for the suggestion.

The Google bot fetches it successfully. Where would it display the error being triggered?

[pugh]

Not yet, thanks for the suggestion. I will have a look into it.

[My-Favourite-Holiday-Cottages]

Without seeing the site in question I cannot be 100% sure, but if OSE is seeing the page as redirecting, there is a good chance google does too. (And as such, would be indexing your error page and not the product page) I would suspect that a searchbot coming to the page via an external link is always triggering an error (or alternativly all pages are being redirected through the error page first) Perhaps you could try google webmaster tool's 'fetch as googlebot' to see if it is causing a problem?

[Naghirniac]

Did you checked in your .htaccess file to see if there is a 301 redirection?