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(Entry was posted by Steve Boni on this post in the Dumb SEO Questions community on Facebook, 01/04/2014).

Where are our 404 errors coming from and how do we correct them?

Hello All:
I have a bunch of 404 errors that look like this:
domainname/pin/55512126578954 ( bunch of numbers)

any idea where these are coming from or how to correct them?

Also I have 404 errors to pages that were taken down years ago and I cannot find the links from the pages WMT is saying the links originate from.
Any ideas on how to deal with these errors?

Thanks?
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  • Steve Bonin: Hello All:
    I have a bunch of 404 errors that look like this:
    domainname/pin/55512126578954 ( bunch of numbers)

    any idea where these are coming from or how to correct them?

    Also I have 404 errors to pages that were taken down years ago and I cannot find the links from the pages WMT is saying the links originate from.
    Any ideas on how to deal with these errors?

    Thanks
  • E.Dieter Martin: Somebody is probing your site for weak spots. If you can trace the requester to a single IP or domain, you can try to block them. Of course you also should make sure that you don't have any active page that fits the probed scheme.
  • Joseph Paulino: People with malicious intent are probably using some kind of program to check your site for errors and vulnerabilities to determine what kind of control they can get to publish, or extract any information. I experienced a similar situation as we entered the new year. If you can trace the IP of the referrer you can block it directly via your htaccess file. You can verify IPs against extensive records published by helpful sites like projecthoneypot[dot]org.
  • Steve Bonin: +Joseph Paulino ;and +E.Dieter Martin ;thanks for the input
  • W.E. Jonk: From the expert panel in this weeks SEO Questions hangout on air on 00:00:51 into the YouTube video: https://dumbseoquestions.com/q/where_are_our_404_errors_coming_from_and_how_do_we_correct_them

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