How do I use the 404 reports?
To use this report you must- 1st select a site you would like to review.
- The report will then display the current month.
- If you would like to select a different report, select it from the "Select a Report" menu.
- The report is split into two areas...
- The Page that is missing as the title
- Then underneath are all the reports of pages that have that link on their site. These links also have the date and time that it was reported.
- Since these reports only show pages submitted by users, it gives a good indication the popularity of the missing link.
Why are there so many 404s?
The underlying reason we have 404: Missing Pages on sites is due to one of the following reasons:
- Site owner typed the wrong link in the 1st place.
- The page linked to was changed:
- The page may have been deleted
- The page was renamed
- The site may have undergone a Re-Designed and pages were moved.
Scanning for Broken links?
Below are two Free and simple tools you can use to scan websites for broken links:
There are also tools built within many tools you already use:
Applications:
Dreamweaver (Mac and Windows)
Frontpage (Windows)
Sharepoint Designer (Windows)
Webmaster Tools
To get search engines to update their index try the following:
Google Webmaster Tools:
https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/
Yahoo Site Explorer:
http://siteexplorer.search.yahoo.com/MSN/Bing Webmaster Tool:
http://www.bing.com/webmaster/
