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The 404 or Not Found error message is a HTTP standard response code indicating that the client was able to communicate with the server, but the server could not find what was requested.

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Avoiding increases in 404 errors after massive URL deletion

We have a relatively new website (no external links, PR0, DA17) and we are making a major change in content. On the one hand we have to incorporate new content and otherwise eliminate much old content. When we finally make this change, for several…
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Are you aware of any client-side malware that sends lots of junk requests for .gifs?

I am getting dozens of 404 errors on my site that are requests for gif's with apparently random names, like 4273uaqa.gif and 5pwowlag.gif. I see that most of them are coming from one user. I assume something is happening in the background on her…
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Pages accessed ending in /mobile

Since April 16th I've been getting alerts regarding a high number of 404s to pages that do exist on our website, but with /mobile appended. For example: www.mysite.com/some-page/mobile There appears to be a variety of user agents being used,…
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404s due to [GPT_URL] at the end of URL

I get a lot of 404s on several of my wordpress posts. All the 404 links have [GPT_URL] at the end. Examples: www.example.com/post-1/[GPT-URL] www.example.com/post-2/[GPT-URL] www.example.com/post-3/[GPT-URL] Without the string [GPT_URL] at the end…
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Should I 410 old 404 pages?

We've recently migrated an old custom cms site to Umbraco at the same domain. Google Webmaster Tool is reporting 1000s of "Not Found" errors from the old 404 page in the format error/404?aspxerrorpath=/path/to/old/url. Does this mean that Google…
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Do large number of internal broken links affect SEO?

We've a WordPress blog and had disqus plugin in stalled for several months. Around late August this year, the plugin created a ton of URLs that linked to non-existent location on our website. For example - Correct URL: domain.com/correct-URL/ Disqus…
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Completely confused about linking relative to the root versus linking relative to the document

I posed a question around 404 errors appearing on our website last year where i am seeing URLs now still coming out of Search Console appearing like…
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Where should I redirect users from deleted pages?

A site I work on has a lot of 404 errors. Right now a 404 page is displayed. I want to do a 301 redirect for such posts. Where should I redirect the pages to?
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Why Am I Getting a Large Number of 404 Errors From One IP Address

I am getting a large number of 404 errors from a single IP address. Should I be worried, what can I do about it?
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ncsi.txt requests on our server result in hundreds of 404 errors served daily - Why is this being requested?

Our 404 error report shows that about 300 requests per day are made for /root/ncsi.txt. My understanding is that this file is one way Windows checks for internet connectivity, by checking for this tiny text file on a Microsoft server. So why are we…
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What is the best practice to deal with url, content, meta and status code while serving a 404?

My question is about multiple aspects of serving a 404, while this question is only about an url. I see in the web multiple methods to serve a 404 in case a page becomes no longer working/found - but I'm confused about the right way. Case There is a…
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Found a lot of 404 Html Pages in Google Analytics, how to fix it?

I have found some 404 Html pages in my google analytics account, which have a good amount of traffic. But when I am checking my website or indexed pages, I can't see any missing pages myself when I am browsing my site? Is this 404s an urgent issue…
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What is the SEO impact in using 404 page to show content?

I am working on a site that shows content for cities, neighborhoods, zip codes, etc. User can type http://example.com/miami or http://example.com/33101. Each page is created dynamically. My site does not have a static page for miami. When user types…
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