404 error due to a page which requires a login
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what do I do with 404 errors reported in webmaster tools that are actually URLs where users are clicking a link that requires them to log in (so they get sent to a login page). what's the best practice in these cases?
Thanks in advance!
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I'd assume GWT is returning a Soft 404 for those pages. Have you considered writing content for the page to express the need to log in for users to reach whatever important content is available via an account? That way Google sees that it is a real page and not so empty as to make them think it has 404'd. Or if there is no reason for Google to be indexing this page in the first place you could mark it NoIndex.
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