Can 500 errors hurt rankings for an entire site or just the pages with the errors?
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I'm working with a site that had over 700 500 errors after a redesign in april. Most of them were fixed in June, but there are still about 200. Can 500 errors affect rankings sitewide, or just the pages with the errors?
Thanks for reading!
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Hi,
All errors in the URL Errors area (500, 4xx and so on) will only affect the specific pages and no matter the number it won't have any effect site wide - this was confirmed not long ago by a Web Trend Analyst from Google during a Google hangout. Only Site errors will have a temporary effect site wide and can cause de-indexation of large portions of a site of rankings changes.
Hope it helps.
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