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  • PooleyK
    PooleyK last edited by Nov 7, 2012, 8:45 PM

    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 Nov 17, 2012, 2:22 AM Nov 17, 2012, 2:22 AM

      Are you getting any crawl errors in Google Webmaster tools?

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      • PooleyK
        PooleyK @KeriMorgret last edited by Nov 14, 2012, 4:05 PM Nov 14, 2012, 4:05 PM

        Thank you. I will do.

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        • KeriMorgret
          KeriMorgret last edited by Nov 25, 2012, 4:47 PM Nov 14, 2012, 4:03 PM

          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!

          PooleyK 1 Reply Last reply Nov 14, 2012, 4:05 PM Reply Quote 1
          • PooleyK
            PooleyK @IainReloadMedia last edited by Nov 14, 2012, 1:34 PM Nov 14, 2012, 1:34 PM

            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 Nov 14, 2012, 5:00 AM Nov 14, 2012, 5:00 AM

              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 Nov 12, 2012, 2:14 PM Nov 12, 2012, 2:14 PM

                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 Nov 12, 2012, 12:58 AM Nov 12, 2012, 12:58 AM

                  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

                  PooleyK IainReloadMedia 4 Replies Last reply Nov 17, 2012, 2:22 AM Reply Quote 0
                  • PooleyK
                    PooleyK last edited by Nov 8, 2012, 7:04 PM Nov 8, 2012, 7:04 PM

                    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 Nov 8, 2012, 7:02 PM Nov 8, 2012, 7:02 PM

                      Thanks! Fingers crossed this is what caused it.

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                      • IainReloadMedia
                        IainReloadMedia last edited by Nov 8, 2012, 2:57 AM Nov 8, 2012, 2:57 AM

                        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 Nov 7, 2012, 9:39 PM Nov 7, 2012, 9:39 PM

                          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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