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    404 error - but I can't find any broken links on the referrer pages

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    • IainReloadMedia
      IainReloadMedia last edited by

      Hi Katherine,

      Try using Screaming Frog SEO software to crawl you site. That should pick up if you have a incorrect internal links.

      For external links pointing to none existent pages, try Majestic SEO. It has the largest amount of link data (Sorry Open Site Explorer, but you know it's true).

      Hope that helps

      Iain - Reload Media

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      • PooleyK
        PooleyK @Gyorgy last edited by

        Thanks! Fingers crossed this is what caused it.

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        • PooleyK
          PooleyK last edited by

          I wondered if it would help if I got more specific.

          For example, this 404 error link

          http://www.soccer2000.com/store/X10498!ADI/CONDIVO%2B12%2B3/4%2BPANT

          Is supposedly found on this page:

          http://www.soccer2000.com/store/cat/APP/APPAREL

          But I can't find it anywhere - any ideas why?

          Thanks again.

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          • IainReloadMedia
            IainReloadMedia @PooleyK last edited by

            When was the CSV download of the crawl taken? Have any changes been made to that page since?

            Did the same 404 show up when you used Screaming Frog?

            Thanks

            Iain - Reload Media

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            • PooleyK
              PooleyK @IainReloadMedia last edited by

              Hi Iain,

              Thanks for your help. The site was recrawled on the weekend after attempted updates had been made and I downloaded a new CSV. The broken links are still showing and I still can't find where they are on the page?!

              Screaming Frog has not shown up any errors however.

              Not sure what else to do! Were you able to see any broken links in the example URLs I posted above?

              Many thanks,

              Katharine.

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              • IainReloadMedia
                IainReloadMedia @IainReloadMedia last edited by

                Hi Sarah,

                I wasn't able to find errors on that page. Just to confirm the CSV of the crawl, is that coming from Google Webmasters?

                Iain

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                • PooleyK
                  PooleyK @IainReloadMedia last edited by

                  Thanks! At least I know I am not going blind! No, the CSV came from SEO Moz's report.

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                  • KeriMorgret
                    KeriMorgret last edited by

                    Xenu looks good to me for that page as well. I'd do an-demand crawl for that page/site from http://pro.seomoz.org/tools/crawl-test and if it's still showing up, send an email to help@seomoz.org so we can look and see if there's an error in the crawl software.

                    Thanks!

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                    • PooleyK
                      PooleyK @KeriMorgret last edited by

                      Thank you. I will do.

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                      • IainReloadMedia
                        IainReloadMedia @IainReloadMedia last edited by

                        Are you getting any crawl errors in Google Webmaster tools?

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