Easy Fix for 404 Errors foe Newbie
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Hey there,
I have two errors at these links that to my knowledge do not exist on my domain according to the MOZ.
http://educateathletes.com/post/23804085842/educateathletes-ushl-gm-head-coach-jim
http://educateathletes.com/products
I'm really not sure what to do. The first is an old Tumblr blog post. The second is a page that was created on my site but the URL title was changed to
http://educateathletes.com/enroll
Any advice is appreciated to eliminate this.
Sean
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Since you're using WordPress, Sean, I can strongly recommend the Redirection plugin. Once it's installed and configured, it will catch things like the URL you changed, and automatically redirect to the new URL you created. (You'll need to do this by hand i the plugin for that particular URL though, as you've already changed it before the plugin could catch it.)
In addition, it provides an easy interface to create redirects for situations like your other one where an incoming link needs to be easily repointed to a different page. It will even inform you right in your WP dashboard when a new 404 error has been discovered and allow you to easily fix/redirect it right there and then.
Far easier than having to dive into your .htaccess file every time you need to make a minor change.
It should be noted though - if you have a huge number of redirects to create, THAT should be done in htaccess as it processes much faster using fewer server resources than a large redirect list in the plugin.
Paul
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SEO Moz probably missed it because the inbound link is no longer active. Did you pull this error from Google Webmaster Tools? Check the date. It may be a very old error. Either way, implementing a 301 is your best bet.
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You could do a 301 redirect in your .htaccess file to route to the page you want: Redirect 301 /oldpage.htm http://www.newpage.com/.
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