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    • McTaggart
      McTaggart last edited by

      I just ran a website (Drupal) through screaming frog and the only 404s I found related to web pages which were the same as URLs already used on the website plus the company phone number so... www.company.com/[their phone number] - www.company.com/services[their phone number] - any ideas what might be causing this problem?

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      • MickEdwards
        MickEdwards last edited by

        Has the mobile/skype link been set up incorrectly, not using the attribute?  I'd check the source code to see what the link actually is.  It should be something like -

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        • TheeDigital
          TheeDigital last edited by

          This is typically caused by a link on the page that is not formed correctly.

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          • screamingfrog
            screamingfrog last edited by

            Hi Luke,

            As the guys above replied with, sounds like an a href with a phone number 🙂

            If you check the 'inlinks' (via the lower window tab), you'll be able to see the source of these errors (the pages they are located). Obviously you can then view the source code & find the exact link, and what might be the issue.

            Hope that helps!

            Feel free to pop through any further questions directly to our support btw (http://www.screamingfrog.co.uk/seo-spider/support/), I only spotted this via a Google alert.

            (We try and reply super quick & will always look into any problems!)

            Cheers.

            Dan

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