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Crawl Errors Effecting SEO?

by sconer
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Do crawl errors listed in WebMaster Tools negatively effect SEO?

I have a list of odd crawl errors. I am not sure where Google found these links, I can't find them anywhere.

For some reason Google added some page names onto other page names, for example: www.mysite.com/whatever.php/whoknows.php

That link is not on my site and I can't find it anywhere else on the internet.

What can I do? Or can I just leave it?
#crawl #effecting #errors #seo
  • Profile picture of the author Synnuh
    I just answered a similar question in another thread. I'd use a 301 redirect plugin in Wordpress to clean up the URLs. Redirect them to the homepage. Are you using an expired domain, or is there a chance it expired long before you picked it up, by chance? That's about the only time I've seen this happen.

    Here's the other thread: http://www.warriorforum.com/search-e...w-website.html
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    • Profile picture of the author sconer
      I bought the domain new, never used before, 4 years ago.

      I do not use Wordpress.
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  • Profile picture of the author Synnuh
    Without seeing it then all I can do is really guess. If you want to PM me the URL I'll take a look and figure out where the URLs are coming from.

    Like I said, though, I've only experienced when the domains were owned before, without me realizing it. Once I dug them up in the Wayback archive I got to see where the missing URLs were coming from.

    They just managed to stay alive the entire time the domain was unregistered.
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  • Profile picture of the author yukon
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    That example isn't a valid URL.
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    • Profile picture of the author sconer
      Originally Posted by yukon View Post

      That example isn't a valid URL.
      Exactly...
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      • Profile picture of the author yukon
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        Originally Posted by sconer View Post

        Exactly...
        Run Screaming Frog & see what that digs up on the site (404s, etc...). If there's actually a problem that might lead to the source (plugin, theme, etc...).

        FYI, Google is damn good about finding files on a server, If they say it exist odds are it exist somewhere on the host, even If it's a broken file/link.
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        • Profile picture of the author sconer
          Originally Posted by yukon View Post

          Run Screaming Frog & see what that digs up on the site (404s, etc...). If there's actually a problem that might lead to the source (plugin, theme, etc...).

          FYI, Google is damn good about finding files on a server, If they say it exist odds are it exist somewhere on the host, even If it's a broken file/link.
          I tried Screaming Frog but it won't run from the Mac I'm on, I'll have to try it later on a different computer.

          I've tried looking for those links, they aren't anywhere on my site.

          In WMT when looking at the Crawl Error in the little pop-up window, a few of them have a "Linked From" tab in which it shows you which page the bad link is on. But those are 404 pages that never existed either.
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          • Profile picture of the author dvm3
            It might just be an old error. Mark it "as fixed" and see if it comes back at a later date.
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  • Profile picture of the author johnabay
    yes off course if site not crawled very well then your ranking not coming very well.
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  • Profile picture of the author paladinseo
    yes it does affect your site because google bot cant crawl ur site
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