Pages Linking to Sites that Return 404 Error
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We have just a few 404 errors on our site. Is there any way to figure out which pages are linking to the pages that create 404 errors? I would rather fix the links than create new 301 redirects.
Thanks!
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Thanks. I will check them out.
I really appreciated your help on this!
Best,
Ricarda
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I see what you are saying now.
Google Webmaster Tools will show you both internal links that are broken/bad, as well as inbound links pointing to your site.
SEOmoz Crawl Diagnostics will show you, "4xx status codes are shown when the client requests a page that cannot be accessed. This is usually the result of a bad or broken link."
So if you are receiving 404 errors on your website using the SEOmoz tools, that means that you have a broken internal link.
To diagnose finding the broken link, you can try running ScreamingFrog, which "should" be able to point out the bad link.
Hope this helps.
Mike
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Hi Mike,
Thanks for your prompt response. That was helpful. Google Webmaster does not show the same errors as SEOmoz.
I think some redirect that I got fixed yesterday may also have taken care of these errors, which would mean the SEOmoz last crawl may be outdated. If SEOmoz keeps showing these errors, should I just ignore them since Google is more relevant?
Thanks,
Ricarda
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Hi Ricarda,
You should be able to use Google Webmaster Tools > Crawl Errors to view a list of 404 pages and the websites that are linking to those pages.
Hope this helps.
Mike
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