Webmaster Tools Question And Answer
What is the best way to fix a 404 error?
I have logged into Google Webmaster tools and am seeing over 100 404 (Not found) errors. I am new to running a website and would like to know what is the best way to fix them. Thanks in advance
Answers
You need to fix your code. the 404 is telling you it can contact the server but it can't understand what you are asking of it. Make sure you wrote the code correctly. It's not understanding what you are asking of it. If you have over 100.. Yikes. This is where your going to need to look for any rogue characters..... Good luck
You debug it by fixing your codes appropriately
404 has nothing to do with "incorrect code" - it simply means "page not found". In other words: you have a bunch of broken links or incorrect paths.
Without HTML source code to peruse, it's very hard to determine what the error is.
Make sure all your page references are correct (<a href="/path /to /file.html"... >) without the spaces that Yahoo! requires). See to it that there's no reference to any "C:\Documents and Settings..." stuff.
404 error means that google spider was looking for some page which was not found. This could be due to internal page linking or you might have removed the pages.
Correct the links that result in 404 or place some content in place of 404 pages
Make sure the links on your web site don't point to files on your PC hard drive.
Error 404 means either the page is removed or the path is incorrect
