How do you fix soft 404 errors?
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I'm getting soft 404 errors for a gallery on my site: http://chrle.us/MBKs
yet when I visit the url: http://www.chrisboar.com/html/galleries/114/portfolio/weddings-1/0
the image/url is there. Not sure how to fix this.
note we do redirect the site to the flash site and only use those URLs for SEO purposes. Maybe that is what is causing it.
thanks
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The error says: "redirecting users to another page such as the homepage instead of a 404."
I don't see the image, I do see a page but it "immediately redirects" me - as per the soft 404 error message.
I get sent back to:
If you want to see the auto redirect - http://www.highonseo.com/examples/boar.avi
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