Telephone numbers on page getting classed as 404s by SEOMoz

[Switch_Digital]

Hi there,

I have a number of clients who have their telephone numbers on their sites (understandably of course!) and SEOmoz is classing them as links and therefore a 404 in the crawl software.

The protocol is added in the code so if viewing the page on a mobile you can call the client.

Should I be doing anything else? Webmaster does not pick these up as 404s so I am wondering if this is an SEOmoz bug or that I should be adding a no-follow?

Thanks

jT

[CaseyKluver]

Having the same problem here! At first it counted each page as duplicate content, then 404's. I took the code off until further clarification.

One thing to note, iPhone and any newer Android will detect a phone number and should automatically make it a clickable link.

[ClickConsult]

The phone number obviously shouldn't be seen as a link if it's not a link. Shoot help@seomoz.org an email explaining the issue. The SEOmoz gang are awesome at replying so you'll be sure to hear back soon!

[ChiarynMiranda]

Hey Gentleman,

I'm sorry your running into this issue with your crawls. :[

We would definitely love to look into this for you guys, but it's a little difficult for us to do that through the Q&A forum. If you write in to help@seomoz.org with your campaign information, like SEO Consult suggested :], we can look into this issue and work on getting a fix for you.

We look forward to hearing from you both at the help desk.

Chiaryn Miranda

SEOmoz.org