How can I clear the “crawl errors” of Google webmaster tools?

mmovlg · 10-18-2011, 11:22 PM

On my webmaster tools page, there are some "Not found" crawl errors dating back two years which I cleared up a long time ago, but they are still hanging around on webmaster tools. I thought they would go away naturally once the mistaken links were fixed, but they don't seem to. Is there any way to clear old crawl errors manually?

Crawl errors

HTTP 6
In Sitemaps 1,627
Not followed 48
Not found 2,731
Restricted by robots.txt 3,090
Soft 404s 720
Unreachable 31
Updated Oct 18, 2011
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ronuraldd · 10-18-2011, 11:27 PM

I think this is just the history or archive kind of thing showing up... This won't be much problem to your site..

mmovlg · 10-19-2011, 02:22 AM

Thanks for your answer, but I think it may relate Panda
I want to clear them, but i can't do

lovboa · 10-19-2011, 02:50 AM

My site is 4 months old and I'm still getting new crawl errors almost everyday...

Mainly they are "pages not found" that I have deleted. These take time to disappear from your webmaster.
There's no problem to your site if you have these, though.

If however, its showing up page not found for a bunch of pages that you still have up and running....then you have something to worry about.

ttkim · 10-19-2011, 02:53 AM

Waiting doesn't help. At least, it didn't for me and I waited a long time. I didn't quite wait 2 years like you did, but it wouldn't go away.

You have to redirect those non-existing pages to an existing one. Even if you mistyped a link and Google listed it as a crawl error, just fixing the link generally won't work. You'll have to create a page for that "typo link" and redirect it to the correct page. This made my crawl errors disappear after a few days.

samual james · 10-19-2011, 04:14 AM

you need to redirect your non existing pages to existing page , and just wait for few days

mmovlg · 10-19-2011, 10:23 AM

I will check it out and post here back my results
Thanks

ckollars · 04-26-2012, 10:51 AM

Here's what I did (it's currently April 2012, it may have been different in the past, and it may be different in the future). I just noticed (after looking at the same page many many times) there was a checkbox beside each entry. First I fixed any legitimate errors (my .htaccess is a mess). Then I checked each and every box. Then a button on the screen titled "Mark As Fixed" turned a brighter shade of red and became clickable. When I clicked the button, all the errors went away. (Then I received a warning message to the effect that if they were legitimate and hadn't actually been fixed, they would "come back" fairly soon.)

fraakz · 04-26-2012, 11:41 PM

These crawl error happen to emerge when your incoming links are pointing towards any 404 pages in your website. Simply find the source and if its is from high quality source redirect the link to pass link juice towards your homepage otherwise simple make it as fixed and ignore

ThatAblaze · 04-26-2012, 11:47 PM

Like ck said, if you want to remove the old ones just check them and click "mark as fixed". You would think G would be smart enough to clean up the old ones, but it really isn't. You have to.

When you mark them as fixed the count will drop the next time your site is crawled.

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mmovlg Warrior Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Posts: 18 Thanks: 2 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post Social Networking	How can I clear the “crawl errors” of Google webmaster tools? On my webmaster tools page, there are some "Not found" crawl errors dating back two years which I cleared up a long time ago, but they are still hanging around on webmaster tools. I thought they would go away naturally once the mistaken links were fixed, but they don't seem to. Is there any way to clear old crawl errors manually? Crawl errors HTTP 6 In Sitemaps 1,627 Not followed 48 Not found 2,731 Restricted by robots.txt 3,090 Soft 404s 720 Unreachable 31 Updated Oct 18, 2011 More »
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mmovlg Warrior Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Posts: 18 Thanks: 2 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post Social Networking	Re: How can I clear the “crawl errors” of Google webmaster tools? Thanks for your answer, but I think it may relate Panda I want to clear them, but i can't do
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lovboa Advanced Warrior Join Date: Jul 2011 Posts: 742 Thanks: 119 Thanked 81 Times in 72 Posts	Re: How can I clear the “crawl errors” of Google webmaster tools? My site is 4 months old and I'm still getting new crawl errors almost everyday... Mainly they are "pages not found" that I have deleted. These take time to disappear from your webmaster. There's no problem to your site if you have these, though. If however, its showing up page not found for a bunch of pages that you still have up and running....then you have something to worry about.

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ttkim Active Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Posts: 87 Thanks: 5 Thanked 14 Times in 12 Posts	Re: How can I clear the “crawl errors” of Google webmaster tools? Waiting doesn't help. At least, it didn't for me and I waited a long time. I didn't quite wait 2 years like you did, but it wouldn't go away. You have to redirect those non-existing pages to an existing one. Even if you mistyped a link and Google listed it as a crawl error, just fixing the link generally won't work. You'll have to create a page for that "typo link" and redirect it to the correct page. This made my crawl errors disappear after a few days.

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ckollars Warrior Member Join Date: Apr 2012 Posts: 1 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: How can I clear the “crawl errors” of Google webmaster tools? Here's what I did (it's currently April 2012, it may have been different in the past, and it may be different in the future). I just noticed (after looking at the same page many many times) there was a checkbox beside each entry. First I fixed any legitimate errors (my .htaccess is a mess). Then I checked each and every box. Then a button on the screen titled "Mark As Fixed" turned a brighter shade of red and became clickable. When I clicked the button, all the errors went away. (Then I received a warning message to the effect that if they were legitimate and hadn't actually been fixed, they would "come back" fairly soon.)

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fraakz Warrior Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Posts: 16 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: How can I clear the “crawl errors” of Google webmaster tools? These crawl error happen to emerge when your incoming links are pointing towards any 404 pages in your website. Simply find the source and if its is from high quality source redirect the link to pass link juice towards your homepage otherwise simple make it as fixed and ignore

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ThatAblaze HyperActive Warrior Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 195 Thanks: 7 Thanked 31 Times in 27 Posts	Re: How can I clear the “crawl errors” of Google webmaster tools? Like ck said, if you want to remove the old ones just check them and click "mark as fixed". You would think G would be smart enough to clean up the old ones, but it really isn't. You have to. When you mark them as fixed the count will drop the next time your site is crawled.