Pages Linking to Sites that Return 404 Error

[jsillay]

We have just a few 404 errors on our site. Is there any way to figure out which pages are linking to the pages that create 404 errors? I would rather fix the links than create new 301 redirects.

Thanks!

[Mike.Goracke]

Hi Ricarda,

You should be able to use Google Webmaster Tools > Crawl Errors to view a list of 404 pages and the websites that are linking to those pages.

Hope this helps.

Mike

[jsillay]

Hi Mike,

Thanks for your prompt response. That was helpful. Google Webmaster does not show the same errors as SEOmoz.

I think some redirect that I got fixed yesterday may also have taken care of these errors, which would mean the SEOmoz last crawl may be outdated. If SEOmoz keeps showing these errors, should I just ignore them since Google is more relevant?

Thanks,

Ricarda

[Mike.Goracke]

I see what you are saying now.

Google Webmaster Tools will show you both internal links that are broken/bad, as well as inbound links pointing to your site.

SEOmoz Crawl Diagnostics will show you, "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."

So if you are receiving 404 errors on your website using the SEOmoz tools, that means that you have a broken internal link.

To diagnose finding the broken link, you can try running ScreamingFrog, which "should" be able to point out the bad link.

Hope this helps.

Mike

[jsillay]

Thanks. I will check them out.

I really appreciated your help on this!

Best,

Ricarda