I have been struggling with strange 404 errors since the launch of my new Umbraco web site 13 months ago.
I have been using Umbraco URL Alias to keep old urls from my site - not to loose incoming traffic and google ranking.
webmaster tools lists urls as 404 that are linked from pages in my site but when I examine these pages (view source) theses 404 links are not there !
It seems like google bots are following links that are either buried or generated but do not really exist.
I "MARK AS FIXED" these pages and after 1-2 weeks they come back - each time new links...
I have deleted all "Umbraco URL Alias" fields just to make sure there is no problem with this feature (using 301's to the umbraco generated url) but it didn't solve the problem.
This bug has caused a tremendous damage to my site ranking...
Strange 404 errors in Google Webmaster Tools
Hi Guys !
I have been struggling with strange 404 errors since the launch of my new Umbraco web site 13 months ago.
I have been using Umbraco URL Alias to keep old urls from my site - not to loose incoming traffic and google ranking.
webmaster tools lists urls as 404 that are linked from pages in my site but when I examine these pages (view source) theses 404 links are not there !
It seems like google bots are following links that are either buried or generated but do not really exist.
I "MARK AS FIXED" these pages and after 1-2 weeks they come back - each time new links...
I have deleted all "Umbraco URL Alias" fields just to make sure there is no problem with this feature (using 301's to the umbraco generated url) but it didn't solve the problem.
This bug has caused a tremendous damage to my site ranking...
Any ideas will be appreciated !!
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