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Need help with dealing with 404s created by no external link plugin!?

by satrap
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I used to use a nofollow extra link plugin long ago. This plugin would basically add my url to the front of the external url, making it look like this:


Say I linked to Forbs.com, it would make it blogstash.com/Go/http://www.forbs.com/


Now, I have gotten rid of that plugin a while back. I jut noticed I am getting lots of 404 in my Google WMT account.

I know 404s are not that big, but I just don't like having 100's of them.

I wonder if any of you guys have faced this issue, and if so, how you dealt with it?...

Do you think I should just ask Google to remove these links from their index? (since they are not on my site any more, so it's not like someone can click on them and get the same 404 again, triggering Google to show it on WMT.)

Thank you all in advance.
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  • Profile picture of the author nest28
    I use this plugin.
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    • Profile picture of the author satrap
      Originally Posted by nest28 View Post

      I use this plugin.
      Thanks nest, but these are not pages on my site (these are basically external links/sites), and they are not exactly relevant to any given post, so I wouldn't want to redirect them to my home page or another page of mine.
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      • Profile picture of the author nest28
        Originally Posted by satrap View Post

        Thanks nest, but these are not pages on my site (these are basically external links/sites), and they are not exactly relevant to any given post, so I wouldn't want to redirect them to my home page or another page of mine.
        Oh I see, someone more knowledgeable on the subject will have to help with this, good luck.
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    Just bumping this up, hoping someone will be able to help. Thanks.
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