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    • tommytx
      tommytx last edited by

      In my 404 errors, the second entry is as follows:

      URL: http://www.virginiahomesandforeclosures.com/listing/0428387-lot-k-commerce-park-franklin-va-23851/REWIDX_URL_CDNimg/no-image.gif

      Is there a simple way to find the root or page in which this error was generated?  IF I visit this page "

      http://www.virginiahomesandforeclosures.com/listing/0428387-lot-k-commerce-park-franklin-va-23851"

      without the attached gobble de gook, I see a good page.  So bottom line its possible it could be in one of my sitemaps, but I have 50 of those so its time consuming to search thru all 50 for each error like this since I have so many.  I am pretty sure its not in my sitemaps, since google has not picked up any of these errors and they have crawled over 12,000 urls so far.

      When google gives me a 404 error I can click on the link and find what pages they found the link and go there and correct it at the root.

      Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

      I have more than 1,000 of these errors with the bad url with the junk attached to the end and have not been able to isolate the cause yet.

      Thanks in advance.

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      • BenFox
        BenFox last edited by

        If you export to .CSV and put it into Excel  the referring page (referrer) for the 404 error can be seen in column AM.

        That should be enough to fix it although if it's a dynamic site it can end up being more complex than that.

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        • KeriMorgret
          KeriMorgret last edited by

          Hi Tommy,

          Did Ben answer your question, or would you still like some more help with this?

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