How To Find and Delete Erroneous Pages From My Wordpress Site
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I've downloaded the Seomoz csv file from the crawl data on my site and it found lots of 404 errors, duplicate content, etc.
The problem is that when i go to my wp-admin and look for the pages to delete them, I dont see them. Can anyone point me in the right direction? I've checked with HostGator and they say it's a WP problem.
I need help locating where they are so i can clean them up or delete them.
Thanks
Mike
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Hi Mike,
Did Jeffrey's answer help you, or would you still like some more assistance getting this cleared up?
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If you're getting a 404 error, the page probably doesn't exist any more. You might have a link to an old page somewhere that still points to that page, resulting in the 404 error.
You can locate broken links on your site using something like this: http://www.seomoz.org/blog/xenu-link-sleuth-more-than-just-a-broken-links-finder
For duplicate content issues, see here: http://www.seomoz.org/learn-seo/duplicate-content
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