Google: Most 404s Are Not Webmasters Fault

Jan 4, 2017 - 7:40 am 6 by

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Google's John Mueller said on Twitter that most of the 404 error codes that Google picks up on are not the webmasters fault. He said many people link weirdly or have broken code when they link, resulting in the 404.

Here is John's tweet:

So if you see 404s, don't take it personally, every site has them.

Forum discussion at Twitter.

 

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