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Google reporting 404 when page exists

Discussion in 'Google Sitemaps' started by Albion, Jan 18, 2007.

  1. #1
    Hello,

    I´m working on www.iluminatia.com.ar and i´m using url´s with a "ñ" character. I know this is not very standart but i´ve seen other sites using ñ in their url´s and Google recognizing it.
    For example, check this out:
    http://www.google.com./search?hl=en&lr=&q=inurl%3A%C3%B1andu+123&btnG=Search

    If you enter the URL, it transforms the "ñ" character into "%C3%B1" which must be the utf-8 equivalent.
    Well, my site has a
    www.iluminatia.com.ar/diseño/diseño-de-sitios-web.php
    path, that actually transforms to:
    www.iluminatia.com.ar/dise%C3%B1o/dise%C3%B1o-de-sitios-web.php
    which should be correct.

    The problem is that Google isn´t indexing this page and on Google Webmaster Tools, i´ve got a 404 reported for it. Of course, the url is in the sitemap (check sitemap.xml on the domain name)

    Do you know why this is happening and how to fix it?

    Regards,
    Albion
     
    Albion, Jan 18, 2007 IP
  2. basket_case

    basket_case Peon

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    #2
    You can check to see if the page is already indexed by G. If so, there really is no need to worry about putting it in a sitemap.
     
    basket_case, Jan 19, 2007 IP
  3. Albion

    Albion Peon

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    Nope, it´s not indexed.
    What´s more curious is that both "ñ" and "%C3%B1" ways of accesing the pages are valid for a IE and FF user. In fact, Google accesses Wikipedia and they use the "%C3%B1" encoding (utf-8).

    So why are my pages not being indexed ? =(
     
    Albion, Jan 22, 2007 IP
  4. sukantab

    sukantab Well-Known Member

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    #4
    It is better you keep the page names in english... If it is not really much difficult...
     
    sukantab, Jan 24, 2007 IP
  5. Albion

    Albion Peon

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    Yeah well. I could write it in English, but i´m targeting a spanish speaking target ;)
     
    Albion, Jan 24, 2007 IP
  6. hhheng

    hhheng Banned

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    Maybe some of your inbound links are broken, and googlebot can't reach your pages via these broken links, so it will report 404 error.
     
    hhheng, Jan 25, 2007 IP