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      • Mike.Goracke
        Mike.Goracke last edited by

        Hi Galit,

        I just looked over your site and it looks like those /index.html versions of your pages do still exist.

        For instance, when you are on

        http://www.dogfond.com/behavior-training/dealing-with-dog-aggression

        if you go and click on the Dog Fond logo on the bottom left of that page, it will bring you to the /index.html version:

        http://www.dogfond.com/behavior-training/dealing-with-dog-aggression/index.html - which is a custom 404.

        Hope this helps.

        Mike

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        • Mike.Goracke
          Mike.Goracke last edited by

          As for 404 errors in general, if you receive a 404 error from SEOmoz, that means, "4xx status codes are shown when the client requests a page that cannot be accessed. This is usually the result of a bad or broken link."

          Internal 404 errors should be fixed as it is bad for user experience, as well as an inefficient time for crawlers.

          Mike

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          • galia
            galia last edited by

            Hi Mike,

            We didnt create those .index.html pages. I think its because of the custom theme we used. Whats the best way to deal with these pages? Use redirect plugins?

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            • Mike.Goracke
              Mike.Goracke @galia last edited by

              I just took a look at your site right now and it looks like you resolved that index.html issue.

              Nice work!

              Mike

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