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Tom_Thunem_9204
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Nov 17, 2009

404 errors on google search

we are trying to figure out how to get an error back to google other than a 404. as you know when they get a 404 pages aren't indexed at google thus losing exposure of your sites in google searches. has a method been devised to address this? haven't found anything in this forum thus far.

 

 

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    hooleylist
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    Nov 18, 2009
    Hi Tom,

     

     

    You can check for a 404 response code from the pool member in HTTP_RESPONSE using [HTTP::status]==404. What do you want to do if one is found? You could use HTTP::respond to send back a new response code and content. You could use HTTP::redirect but I'm not sure how a search engine spider would interpret a 30x redirect compared with a 404. Or you could select a new pool member or pool if you think the content might exist somewhere else.

     

     

    You can check the HTTP wiki page for details on these commands (Click here).

     

     

    Aaron