How to Properly Use the 404 Errors Tool?

  • Resolved micahowens

    (@micahowens)


    6 years, 3 months ago

    Hi all,

    I’ve been using this awesome tool for a long time, but can never find a helpful use-case for the 404 errors part of the tool. I clear out crawl errors in Google Search Console regularly, but the site I manage is pretty huge and the # of 404s that show up in this plugin’s 404 tool is totally unmanageable. It sometimes shows upwards of 13k 404s, most of which are clearly bots and don’t need to be redirected.

    What is the recommended use-case for the 404 tool in the plugin? It seems impractical to wade through thousands of bot-created 404s just to get to a few legitimate ones, and most of the legit ones are caught by Search Console anyway. Not only that, but the results seem to refresh way too frequently, showing vastly different #s of 404s from day-to-day.

    Would love to know how others are using this tool who manage large sites?

    • This topic was modified 6 years, 3 months ago by micahowens.
    • This topic was modified 6 years, 3 months ago by micahowens.
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  • Plugin Author John Godley

    (@johnny5)

    Google only shows 404s for links that it crawls. Other 404s can happen and these are shown in the 404 log.

    You can use the grouping feature to show the most frequent 404s

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