Unfindable 404's

[Adamshowbiz]

So I have noticed that my site has some really strange 404's that are only being linked to from internal links from the site.
When I go to the pages that Web master tools suggests I can't actaully find the link which is pointing to the 404. In that instance what do you do?

Any help would be much appreciated

[MattAntonino]

First, take it up with Screaming Frog to see if it's still an issue.  http://www.screamingfrog.co.uk/seo-spider/

Once you know where your 404s are and where they're coming from, just use "view source" and search the supposedly broken code to find out what it's linked to.  You can usually tell just by looking around the code and poking a bit to find out where.  If not, give us a page and a 404 to look at and we'll do our best!

[Adamshowbiz]

Thats so much!

I don't have access to the paid version of screaming frog, so I'm just using Web Master Tools and a broken link app on Chrome....

But do you really think that is the best use of time? Wouldn't it just be more effective to just 301 it to a relevant page OR a generic 404 page?

Cheers

[MoosaHemani]

Adam, this happens to me quite a few times and I would highly recommend the suggestion by Matt... If you are not willing to invest in screaming frog and still need the full report then in that case I would suggest you to use XENU

[Adamshowbiz]

Thanks guys!