Crawl Errors Effecting SEO?

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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?
#search engine optimization #crawl #effecting #errors #seo
  • 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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    • I bought the domain new, never used before, 4 years ago.

      I do not use Wordpress.
  • 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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    That example isn't a valid URL.
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    • Exactly...
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  • yes off course if site not crawled very well then your ranking not coming very well.
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  • yes it does affect your site because google bot cant crawl ur site
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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.