Should we redirect 404 errrors seen in webmaster tools with ... (dot.dot,dot) ?

[KentH]

Lately I have seen lots of 404 errors showing in webmaster tools that are not really links. Many of them from shammy pages. (I did not put them there)

One of the most common types is ones that show the link ending in ... ( dot, dot, dot)

The appearance of the link is being sent from pages like this

http://www.the-pick.com/00_fahrenheit,2.html

For example a link like this would show up in webmaster tools as a 404 error.

http://www.ehow.com/how_2352088_easily-...

Are these worth redirecting? So far I have redirected some of them and found that is was not helpful and possibly harmful. Anyone else had the same experience?

Also getting lots of partial urls showing up from pages that reference my site but the url is cut off and the link is not active.

Does Google really count these as links?  Is redirecting a link from a spammy page acknowledging acceptance and could it count against you?

[BenFox]

I'd say do your best to get the links removed/fixed at the other end but other than that just leave it.

So long as you're returning a proper 404 you're doing the right thing (on paper).