Sitemap as Referrer in Crawl Error Report

[ChristinaRadisic]

I have just downloaded the SEOMoz crawl error report, and I have a number of pages listed which all show FALSE.

The only common denominator is the referrer - the sitemap.

I can't find anything wrong, should I be worried this is appearing in the error report?

[TomRayner]

Hi Christina

If the referrer is the sitemap, it means that the SEOMoz crawler has been directed to that page because of the sitemap you have submitted.

If you're getting 404 errors or access errors for certain pages and they are only able to be accessed via the sitemap, then it's a good idea to remove those URLs from the sitemap altogether.  It doesn't make sense to have URLs listed in your sitemap if those URLs don't exist or have restricted access.

A cleaner sitemap will ultimately help in the long run.  Hope this helps.

[ChristinaRadisic]

Thanks Tom.

The site map is pointing to the correct pages, and when visiting the pages in the search engines no problems arises.

I don't understand why these pages are listed in the crawl error report when I can't see any obvious issue.