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404 error - but I can't find any broken links on the referrer pages
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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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Are you getting any crawl errors in Google Webmaster tools?
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Thank you. I will do.
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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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Thanks! At least I know I am not going blind! No, the CSV came from SEO Moz's report.
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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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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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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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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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Thanks! Fingers crossed this is what caused it.
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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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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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