Strange 404 Errors in Google Webmaster Tools
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I recently launched a new install of WordPress under a new domain, and imported posts that had lived in a separate site under another URL. I set up 301 redirects for all the old posts from the previous site to the new one. There were no outstanding 404s on the old site.
After a week or so, I logged into GWMT and saw dozens of strange 404 errors. Google is crawling links that point to a valid post, but then have gibberish appended past the final “/”
Some seem to be related to an image:
https://gissler.com/reviving-greek-revival-in-litchfield-county/gdphoto_gg_ct_17-2/Some might be a tag?
https://gissler.com/new-york-city-art-underground-times-square-jane-dickson/tourist/But most make no sense:
https://gissler.com/elizabeth-williams-curator-of-decorative-arts-and-design-at-the-risd-museum/glenn-gissler-minton-aesthetic-movement-place-card-holder/My question is: where are these links coming from? Some component of WordPress seems to be generating these links programmatically, but I don’t know where to start in tracking them down.
Thanks very much for any input!
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