What could be the reason behind this?
]]>I have over 230,000 404 errors. I would say more than half are spam and they are taking up server space. Is there a way to redirect them to the main page? Or am i better off deleting them?
]]>I found this solution for Autoptimize 404 erros (googlebot) after cache cleaning.
“Put something like this (warning: untested) in wp-content/cache/autoptimize/.htaccess:
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule (.*) “-” [G,NC]
</IfModule>”
Can you tell me if this solution was already tested and working?
Thank you
1) It has created duplicate pages for each of the posts. For example: https://townsendwardlaw.com/2009/12/21/sales-process-implementation-core-elements/. The duplicate page it has created is https://townsendwardlaw.com/page/17/. I can’t tell where this second page is living, so I can’t get rid of it. It did it to about half of the blogs that I updated.
2) When I’ve added tags, it’s creating independent pages/posts for each of the associated tags. For example:
https://townsendwardlaw.com/tag/inbound-marketing/
https://townsendwardlaw.com/tag/content-marketing/
https://townsendwardlaw.com/tag/social-media/
https://townsendwardlaw.com/tag/marketing/
Why is it doing this and how do I make it stop?
3) 404 Errors as a result of a bug that adds my employer’s LinkedIn page to the end of modified URL’s. For example:
https://townsendwardlaw.com/page/13/www.linkedin.com/in/townsendwardlaw/
https://townsendwardlaw.com/2012/10/16/lead-generation-strategies-its-just-marketing-part-4/www.linkedin.com/in/townsendwardlaw
https://townsendwardlaw.com/page/13/www.linkedin.com/in/townsendwardlaw/
Again, Webmaster Tools hasn’t picked this up yet so I can’t see what’s linking to these, but I’ve gone through all of the posts that could have linked to them and am not able to find them. Why is this happening, and how do I find the links without Webmaster Tools?
Thank you all for any help you might provide on one or more of these problems as I am at a loss!
]]>I recently found loads of Not Found errors in Webmaster Tools. When I checked them I saw that Google is picking up url’s for my site www.smittenbybritain.com that look like this:
2010/11/crackin-its-bonfire-night/www.smittenbybritain.com
Of course these cause 404 errors.
As you can see, my site url is being attached to the end of the post url. It looks as if I’m backlinking to myself. What would cause this?
Would a plug-in cause this issue?
I’ve been trying to figure this out for the last few days and I’m stumped. Any help appreciated.
Thanks,
Melissa
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