How to Fix 404 Errors
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Hey Moz'ers - I just added a new site to my Moz Pro account and when I got the crawl report back there was a ton of 404 errors (see attached). I realize the best way to fix these is to manually go through every single error and see what the issue is... I just don't have time right now, and I don't have a team member that can jump on this either, but realize this will be a huge boost to this client if/when I get these resolved... So my question is:
Is there a quicker way to get these resolved? Is there an outsourcing company that can fix my clients errors correctly? Thanks for the help in advance:)
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Thanks Joe - I'll check the settings right now for NextGen and see what I find. I appreciate it.
Travis
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Good morning Travis,
I put your site in the system last night and have all the errors to see now. I do see what is going wrong ... but not exactly sure why.
I pulled up a few of the error codes: http://www.felco-ind.com/products/roller-attachment/nggallery/page/1?page_id=27 Example: if you remove nggallery/page/1?page_id=27 and use this link http://www.felco-ind.com/products/roller-attachment/ you do not get an error.
I did the same process for a few different 404 errors you have.
So the question is why are the urls adding the N Gallery code and the extra page id. I am thinking there could be a setting in next gen gallery you can fix. I would check all the plugin settings in the backend. You should also check Next Gen Gallery support forums as well to get the quickest fix from a Next gen gallery ninja over there that knows the plugin inside out. That way you have an idea if it is the plugin itself or a conflict with another issue or plugin on your website.
I also noticed these links in your source code that I would change to absolute links instead
About | FAQ's You should change
all of these links to the full url Page title HereSorry i could not figure out an exact answer of how to fix it for you, but hope I pointed you in the right direction to get it figured out.
Joe
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Michael - thanks for the reply. I'd send you a screenshot of what I have for permalinks but now I can't even use the backend without getting a fatal error. Something went haywire in this last update we did it seems...?
Once we get this issue fixed, I'll send over a screen grab of our permalinks settings, and yes will replace our current SEO plugin with Yoast. Much appreciated.
- Travis
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Hey Travis, 404 status codes pages are soft errors but causes problems if you have large number of 404 pages. I would suggest to use screaming frog to list up all your 404 pages and redirect all 404 pages to newly create corresponding pages. This is the best solution ever seen and could boost your trust rank, site performance and indexing.
moreover, If error is associated with WP plugin, then better to deactivate it or use SEO Yoast, as said by Michael Edwards.
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I am agree with you. Follow this instruction Travis Wiley. I think this instruction help you.
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I have run the site through ScreamingFrog. You have masses and masses of 301 redirects going on which you need to resolve. It looks like you could have some permalinks issue going on. What do have set in Settings >> Permalinks? I'd also look at installing Yoast Wordpress SEO as I recall there are options in there to handle permalinks as well.
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Joseph,
No need to keep private I need all the help I can get:) Here's the site : www.felco-ind.com.
It appears that most of the 404 errors are coming from a plugin that is used on the site called NGGallery... Not sure what the deal is with it, but looks like it is creating a handful of URL's that do not exist? Any ideas would be much appreciated.
Travis
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Hey Travis,
Can you send me the website url, or a few of the 404 error urls and links and I'll have a closer look for you.
If it's a website you want to keep private you can send them in a private message as well.
Joe
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