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    • irvingw
      irvingw last edited by

      I am seeing with Webmaster Tools  that Google is trying to follow the text based truncated URL from SuperPages despite the fact that they are not in an anchor tag. The net result for Google is a 404 error as they try to access pages that do not exist. has anyone seen this issue before and any suggestions on how to prevent these errors?

      A Superpage listing: The first link works fine, but the text based link shown below is cut off and as a result Google gets to a 404 page.

      http://swbd-out.superpages.com/webresults.htm?qkw=dr+hylton+lightman&qcat=web&y=0&x=0&

      Dr. Hylton Lightman, MD - Pediatrician, Allergist, - Far Rockaway ...
      Dr. Hylton Lightman, MD, Far Rockaway, NY, Rated 4/4 By Patients. 26 Reviews, Patients' Choice Award Winner, Phone Number & Practice Locations
      www.vitals.com/doctors/Dr_Hylton_Lightma...  [Found on Bing]
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      • AdiRste
        AdiRste last edited by

        It's also about the Server Response Codes.

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        • irvingw
          irvingw @AdiRste last edited by

          can you elaborate? our server is returning a 404

          `Results of the GSiteCrawler Server-Test
          Tested at 9/21/2011 12:13:46 AM / from 68.197.76.222:

          URL=http://www.vitals.com/badURL
          Result code: 404 (NotFound / Not Found)`

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