How do I fix 5xx errors on pdf's?
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Hi all,
I'm having a huge (and very frustrating) issue-- I have 437 pages with 5xx errors and have no idea how to go about fixing them. All of them are links to pdf's, and when I click on the link on the Site Crawl page, it opens just fine. I've been trying to find the answer to how to fix this issue for weeks with no luck at all.
I tried linking the pdf's to their parent page, tried renaming the links to be more concise and crawler friendly, and I've searched all types of articles involving pdf's and 5xx errors, all with no luck.
Does anyone have any idea why these pages are getting this error and how I can fix them?
Huge thanks in advance!
Daniela S.
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Big question here is, are any other tools giving 5XX errors on those PDF URLs (ending in .pdf) or just Moz on its own? Moz is known to have issues crawling URLs which contain certain characters, which other crawlers may not have a problem with - so you need a second opinion here
Install this on Chrome: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/redirect-path/aomidfkchockcldhbkggjokdkkebmdll?hl=en (mainly for tracking redirects, but also tells you status info in a handy way from a pop-out button)
Visit one of the URLs directly which Moz is saying gives a 5XX. Does it on Chrome? Note: sometimes a page will look like it has rendered properly, but for some reason the server will still send an invisible 5XX response - this Chrome plugin would pick that up!)
Also check the URL with this second plugin: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/seo-indexability-check/olojclckfadnlhnlmlekdihebmjpjnoa?hl=en-GB
If both those plugins agree the page loads fine on a 200, then Moz has an error. If they both agree that the page is a 5XX even though it looks legit, then you have a server response error
If you get mixed results we have a mystery to look deeper into...
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