Getting a soft 404 error on google webmaster tool.

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    I am getting a soft 404 error on google webmaster tool. But when I enter the same URL it work fine.

    what u suggest.

    thanks
     
    green789, Jan 12, 2011 IP
  2. palme

    palme Active Member

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    update your sitemap and send it to server, then call SERP to visit your site
     
    palme, Jan 13, 2011 IP
  3. eXoTic

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    Can you please post the image of the exact error here?
     
    eXoTic, Jan 13, 2011 IP
  4. green789

    green789 Banned

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    dirbenchmark.com/: Possible outages January 12, 2011

    Dear owner or webmaster of dirbenchmark.com/

    While crawling your site, we have noticed an increase in the number of transient soft 404 errors around 2011-01-09 13:00 UTC (London, Dublin, Edinburgh). Your site may have experienced outages. These issues may have been resolved. Here are some sample pages that resulted in soft 404 errors:

    * dirbenchmark.com/shopping/home-and-garden/?s=H&p=1
    * dirbenchmark.com/detail/link-10352.html
    * dirbenchmark.com/news/computers-internet/
    * dirbenchmark.com/submit.php?c=387
    * dirbenchmark.com/recreation-and-sports/martialarts/?s=A&p=1
     
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  5. telxcomputers

    telxcomputers Member

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    404 error occur in google webmaster when page does not found, best way to know to remove such error, make 301 redirect of that page which one is not found. and resubmit your sitemap in google webmaster tool.
     
    telxcomputers, Jan 13, 2011 IP
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    but these links are working fine now!
     
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  7. john81

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    if everything is fine with those pages, google will soon remove those error warnings from your GWT's
     
    john81, Jan 14, 2011 IP