Why does the 404 report contain so many links to images from Apple etc?

  • Resolved Dandelion WM

    (@dandelionwebworks)


    6 years, 12 months ago

    When I review my 404 report, it contains lots and lots of visits looking for general app images or something. I’ll copy and paste a few examples below. I can send you a screenshot if that will help.

    It makes it hard to review my reports with any efficiency. Why do these appear? Is someone really trying to come to our website for an Apple Touch picture? How can I stop them or filter them out?

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    11:03 am /apple-touch-icon.png
    Agent Info | Geo Info | Delete | Add Redirect
    MobileSafari/604.1 CFNetwork/894 Darwin/17.4.0 107.77.83.114
    Filter by IP
    March 24, 2018
    11:03 am /apple-touch-icon-precomposed.png
    Agent Info | Geo Info | Delete | Add Redirect
    MobileSafari/604.1 CFNetwork/894 Darwin/17.4.0 107.77.83.114
    Filter by IP
    March 24, 2018
    11:03 am /apple-touch-icon-120×120.png
    Agent Info | Geo Info | Delete | Add Redirect
    MobileSafari/604.1 CFNetwork/894 Darwin/17.4.0 107.77.83.114
    Filter by IP
    March 24, 2018
    11:03 am /apple-touch-icon-120×120-precomposed.png
    Agent Info | Geo Info | Delete | Add Redirect
    MobileSafari/604.1 CFNetwork/894 Darwin/17.4.0 107.77.83.114
    Filter by IP
    March 24, 2018
    11:03 am /apple-touch-icon.png
    Agent Info | Geo Info | Delete | Add Redirect
    MobileSafari/604.1 CFNetwork/894 Darwin/17.4.0 107.77.83.114
    Filter by IP
    March 24, 2018
    11:03 am /tiki/tiki-listpages.php?initial=w&offset=10
    Agent Info | Geo Info | Delete | Add Redirect
    Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; DotBot/1.1; https://www.opensiteexplorer.org/dotbot, [email protected])

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  • Plugin Author John Godley

    (@johnny5)

    The log shows any 404 request to your site. Why these happen I can’t say, but you can delete them if you don’t want to see them.

    Those Apple devices are trying to find icons to represent your site, like a browser looking for favicon.ico. (Windows 8/Phone does the same thing, except different filenames/dimensions.) You can use a plugin like OS Integration or manually upload some.

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