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  • Vivamedia
    Vivamedia last edited by Jun 12, 2012, 5:27 AM

    Hi!

    In Google Webmaster Tools I find *.../feed/ as a 404 page in crawl errors. The problem is that none of these pages exist and they have no inbound links (except the start page).

    FYI, it´s a wordpress site.

    Example:

    • www.mysite.com/subpage1/feed/
    • www.mysite.com/subpage2/feed/
    • www.mysite.com/subpage3/feed/
    • etc

    Does Google search for /feed/ by default or why do I keep getting these 404´s every day?

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    • evolvingSEO
      evolvingSEO last edited by Jul 16, 2012, 11:56 AM Jul 16, 2012, 11:56 AM

      Hi Tommy

      You can do as Aran suggests - a redirect would be fine for feeds you don't want being crawled.

      But more importantly, you may want to consider not indexing subpages (like this one: http://www.mediaanalys.se/blogg/page/2/) - you can make this setting in Yoast.

      Let us know!

      -Dan

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      • Vivamedia
        Vivamedia @Vivamedia last edited by Jun 12, 2012, 6:36 AM Jun 12, 2012, 6:36 AM

        Thanks for your support 😃

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        • Aran_Smithson
          Aran_Smithson @Vivamedia last edited by Jun 12, 2012, 6:35 AM Jun 12, 2012, 6:35 AM

          I'm all out of ideas then!

          set up the 301 and see what happens 😉

          Sorry I couldn't be of more help!

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          • Vivamedia
            Vivamedia @Vivamedia last edited by Jun 12, 2012, 6:33 AM Jun 12, 2012, 6:33 AM

            I´ve checked the sitemap, you find it at ....se/sitemap_index.xml

            It´s Yoast plugin BTW.

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            • Aran_Smithson
              Aran_Smithson @Vivamedia last edited by Jun 12, 2012, 6:33 AM Jun 12, 2012, 6:31 AM

              I see your point... cant find reference to /feed/ however i also cannot find your sitemap.xml to confirm their are no references in there are their an external links pointing to kontakt/feed?

              I'd consider adding a 301 rule into the htaccess to redirect traffic from the offending 404 pages, just in case.

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              • Vivamedia
                Vivamedia @Vivamedia last edited by Jun 12, 2012, 6:25 AM Jun 12, 2012, 6:25 AM

                Sure, notice that it´s in swedish 😃

                Example of one page that Google report 404 on is our contact page with /feed/ at the end,

                http://www.mediaanalys.se/kontakt/   +   feed/

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                • Aran_Smithson
                  Aran_Smithson @Vivamedia last edited by Jun 12, 2012, 6:19 AM Jun 12, 2012, 6:19 AM

                  could you share the url?

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                  • Vivamedia
                    Vivamedia @Aran_Smithson last edited by Jun 12, 2012, 6:03 AM Jun 12, 2012, 6:03 AM

                    Hi Aran, thanks for your time!

                    Meta and sitemaps are clear. I also checked the source code for the specific pages that Google have in their reports, but no link.

                    I´ve also googled about the automatic feed functions in WP but no problem there either.

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                    • Aran_Smithson
                      Aran_Smithson last edited by Jun 12, 2012, 5:39 AM Jun 12, 2012, 5:39 AM

                      By default I think most wordpress blogs have a feed accessible via the urls you describe (http://en.support.wordpress.com/feeds/)

                      I'm pretty sure there specified somewhere link in sitemaps or even in meta.

                      Have you disabled your feeds?

                      Seeing your URL would help.

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