{"id":24381,"date":"2010-06-07T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-06-07T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alienroad.com\/google-bilgi-bankasi\/crawl-errors-now-reports-soft-404s\/"},"modified":"2010-06-07T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2010-06-07T00:00:00","slug":"crawl-errors-now-reports-soft-404s","status":"publish","type":"ar_kb","link":"https:\/\/alienroad.com\/google-bilgi-bankasi\/crawl-errors-now-reports-soft-404s\/","title":{"rendered":"Crawl Errors now reports soft 404s"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"gargardate\">Monday, June 07, 2010<\/p>\n<p>\n  Today we&#8217;re releasing a feature to help you discover if your site serves undesirable<br \/>\n  <code>soft<\/code> ou <code>crypto<\/code> <code>404<\/code>s. A <code>soft 404<\/code> occurs<br \/>\n  when a webserver responds with a <code>200 OK<\/code><br \/>\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_HTTP_status_codes\" class=\"external-link\">HTTP response code<\/a><br \/>\n  for a page that doesn&#8217;t exist rather than the appropriate <code>404 Not Found<\/code>.<br \/>\n  <code>Soft 404<\/code>s can limit a site&#8217;s crawl coverage by search engines because these duplicate<br \/>\n  URLs may be crawled instead of pages with unique content.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The web is infinite, but the time search engines spend crawling your site is limited. Properly<br \/>\n  reporting non-existent pages with a <code>404<\/code> ou <code>410<\/code> response code can improve<br \/>\n  the crawl coverage of your site&#8217;s best content. Additionally, <code>soft 404<\/code>s can<br \/>\n  potentially be confusing for your site&#8217;s visitors as described in our past blog post,<br \/>\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/alienroad.com\/google-bilgi-bankasi\/farewell-to-soft-404s\/\">Farewell to <code>soft 404<\/code> pages<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  You can find the new <code>soft 404<\/code> reporting feature under the Crawl errors section in<br \/>\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/search.google.com\/search-console\" class=\"external-link\">Webmaster Tools<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"soft 404 errors in the crawl error feature in webmaster tools\" src=\"https:\/\/alienroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/kb-gorsel\/g-6bbcf24e76b7.png\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/p>\n<p>\n  Here&#8217;s a list of steps to correct <code>soft 404<\/code> errors to help both Google and your users:\n<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Check whether you have <code>soft 404<\/code> errors listed in Webmaster Tools<\/li>\n<li>For the <code>soft 404<\/code> errors, determine whether the URL:<\/li>\n<ol type=\"a\">\n<li>\n      Contains the correct content and properly returns a <code>200<\/code> response (not actually a<br \/>\n      <code>soft 404<\/code>)\n    <\/li>\n<li>Should <code>301<\/code> redirect to a more accurate URL<\/li>\n<li>Doesn&#8217;t exist and should return a <code>404<\/code> ou <code>410<\/code> response<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<li>\n    Confirm that you&#8217;ve configured the proper HTTP Response by using<br \/>\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/alienroad.com\/google-bilgi-bankasi\/fetch-as-googlebot-and-malware-details-now-in-webmaster-tools-labs\/\">Fetch as Googlebot<\/a><br \/>\n    in Webmaster Tools\n  <\/li>\n<li>\n    If you now return <code>404<\/code> errors, you may want to customize your <code>404<\/code> page to aid<br \/>\n    your users. Our<br \/>\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/alienroad.com\/google-bilgi-bankasi\/how-http-status-codes-affect-googles-crawlers\/#pagegone\">custom <code>404<\/code> widget<\/a><br \/>\n    can help.\n  <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>\n  We hope that you&#8217;re now better enabled to find and correct <code>soft 404<\/code> errors on your<br \/>\n  site. If you have feedback or questions about the new <code>soft 404<\/code> error reporting<br \/>\n  feature or any other Webmaster Tools feature, please share your thoughts with us in the<br \/>\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/webmasters\/community\" class=\"external-link\">Webmaster Help Forum<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"byline-author\">\n  Written by<br \/>\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/developers.google.com\/search\/blog\/authors\/jonathan-simon\" rel=\"author\" class=\"external-link\">Jonathan Simon<\/a>,<br \/>\n  Webmaster Trends Analyst<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Monday, June 07, 2010 Today we&#8217;re releasing a feature to help you discover if your site serves undesirable soft ou crypto 404s. A soft 404 occurs when a webserver responds with a 200 OK HTTP response code for a page that doesn&#8217;t exist rather than the appropriate 404 Not Found. 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