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    • PooleyK
      PooleyK last edited by

      Hi,

      My crawl has diagnosed a client's site with eight 404 errors.

      In my CSV download of the crawl, I have checked the source code of the 'referrer' pages, but can't find where the link to the 404 error page is. Could there be another reason for getting 404 errors?

      Thanks for your help.

      Katharine.

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      • IainReloadMedia
        IainReloadMedia @IainReloadMedia last edited by

        Are you getting any crawl errors in Google Webmaster tools?

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        • PooleyK
          PooleyK @KeriMorgret last edited by

          Thank you. I will do.

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          • KeriMorgret
            KeriMorgret last edited by

            Xenu looks good to me for that page as well. I'd do an-demand crawl for that page/site from http://pro.seomoz.org/tools/crawl-test and if it's still showing up, send an email to help@seomoz.org so we can look and see if there's an error in the crawl software.

            Thanks!

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            • PooleyK
              PooleyK @IainReloadMedia last edited by

              Thanks! At least I know I am not going blind! No, the CSV came from SEO Moz's report.

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              • IainReloadMedia
                IainReloadMedia @IainReloadMedia last edited by

                Hi Sarah,

                I wasn't able to find errors on that page. Just to confirm the CSV of the crawl, is that coming from Google Webmasters?

                Iain

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                • PooleyK
                  PooleyK @IainReloadMedia last edited by

                  Hi Iain,

                  Thanks for your help. The site was recrawled on the weekend after attempted updates had been made and I downloaded a new CSV. The broken links are still showing and I still can't find where they are on the page?!

                  Screaming Frog has not shown up any errors however.

                  Not sure what else to do! Were you able to see any broken links in the example URLs I posted above?

                  Many thanks,

                  Katharine.

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                  • IainReloadMedia
                    IainReloadMedia @PooleyK last edited by

                    When was the CSV download of the crawl taken? Have any changes been made to that page since?

                    Did the same 404 show up when you used Screaming Frog?

                    Thanks

                    Iain - Reload Media

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                    • PooleyK
                      PooleyK last edited by

                      I wondered if it would help if I got more specific.

                      For example, this 404 error link

                      http://www.soccer2000.com/store/X10498!ADI/CONDIVO%2B12%2B3/4%2BPANT

                      Is supposedly found on this page:

                      http://www.soccer2000.com/store/cat/APP/APPAREL

                      But I can't find it anywhere - any ideas why?

                      Thanks again.

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                      • PooleyK
                        PooleyK @Gyorgy last edited by

                        Thanks! Fingers crossed this is what caused it.

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                        • IainReloadMedia
                          IainReloadMedia last edited by

                          Hi Katherine,

                          Try using Screaming Frog SEO software to crawl you site. That should pick up if you have a incorrect internal links.

                          For external links pointing to none existent pages, try Majestic SEO. It has the largest amount of link data (Sorry Open Site Explorer, but you know it's true).

                          Hope that helps

                          Iain - Reload Media

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                          • Gyorgy
                            Gyorgy last edited by

                            The crawl runs once a week, so maybe the broken links have been corrected since the last report. Wait for the next report and check if they still appear.

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