3000 unfixable 404 errors.

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    I recently changed ecommerce platforms (zencart to magento) and restructured the categories on my site. I changed the urls of the new platform to match the urls of the old platform. However there were a bunch of the zencart internal urls that I cant fix in the index,, which has accrued 3000, 404 errors. SInce the move I have gotten no urls added in index.

    The site is still new, and wasn't getting much traffic anyway, at this point, would I be better off just moving the site to new domain?
     
    anonymous479, Jul 25, 2011 IP
  2. sarahk

    sarahk iTamer Staff

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    Nah, I wouldn't worry. The search engines will catch up as you add new products, content pages etc. CMS systems change and we all get 404 pages listed in webmastertools (for instance) that have never been pages in the first place but bots generate them somehow and the spiders follow them.

    focus on what you can influence and don't worry about the 404s
     
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    sarahk iTamer Staff

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    How does that relate to the OPs concerns about a tainted domain?
     
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    Well if you don't know how to fix it properly then move it to new domain is the option.

    Regards
     
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    Redirect you 404 error page to your homepage so you do not loose any visitors. I have recently redirected mine and noticed quite a bit extra traffic
     
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    sarahk iTamer Staff

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    but do you really think its that big a deal? Think of all the link building, reputation that will be lost - all for some measly 404s
     
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    There has been no link building done. And just a few sales most of which are traffic that has came through my Facebook group and are people who have some connection too me. So I'm really not worried about reputation
     
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    yes Add permanent redirection from the non-existing pages to the existing page and fix the errors
     
    88dbsakthi, Jul 27, 2011 IP
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    During development make sure and keep focus that 404 error not occur at the end or finalize the web site.
     
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    well I've widdled my way down to 2000 errors and 97 pages in index. Could someone help me with the 301 redirect. Im basically redirect folders. Here is my .htaccess file and you'll see the 301 redirect at the bottom -- but it is not working.

    RewriteEngine off
<IfModule mod_suphp.c>
	suPHP_ConfigPath /home/sizz/public_html/domain.com/php.ini
	<Files php.ini>
		order allow,deny
		deny from all
	</Files>
</IfModule>
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c> 
RewriteEngine On 
RewriteBase / 
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L] 
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f 
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d 
RewriteRule . /index.php [L] 


RewriteRule ^health-beauty/bath-time.*$  http://mydomain.com/for-couples/bath-time [R=301,L]



</IfModule>
    Code (markup):
     
    anonymous479, Jul 27, 2011 IP