403 forbidden, are these a problem?

jtay123

Hi

I have just run a crawl test on screaming frog and it is showing quite a few 403 forbidden status codes.

We are showing none of these in webmaster tools, is this an issue?

AlanMosley

Yes it means the crawler has no permissions to crawl the page.

Can we get the domain so we can check, use a tiny url if you dont want it shown

jtay123

Yes sure.

SEOExecutive20

Yes it's an issue and I will help you fix this:

I noticed you are using sh404sef

From the back end of your site you will need to go to sh404sef

Then sh404sef configuration security tab,

At the bottom, you will find an option below "Anti-flood configuration", you will need to set "Activate anti-flood" to "No".

AlanMosley

SEo Executive is correct. uyou have some flooding protection on

i doubt very much if you are a target for DOS attacks so get ried of it

this is how crawlers see your code

Forbidden access

(Flooding)

jtay123

Thanks guys I will get that sorted.

Still very much a beginner and part time (late nights on our own sites) but this pro membership is proving priceless.

Really appreciate the help!

jtay123

Followed advice ran report again, now 100% 200: OK, really chuffed thanks!

SEOExecutive20

Your welcome! Anytime