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wpvidZ Blog WordPress SEO 404 not found webmaster tools error – how to fix?

WordPress SEO

404 not found webmaster tools error – how to fix?

Last updated on February 18, 2017
Posted on February 12, 2011

404 not found webmaster tools errors check

I have mentioned last month, that i have url slash problem which was shown in Google webmaster tools.

If you are using this tool from Google (related: submit sitemap to Google), I suggest you to always check at least once or twice a month.

This is due to your site’s analysis that really really help for your readers and traffics.

I will share you my experience about 404 not found webmaster tools error in this article..as well as how to fix this problem.

This problem started when i was new to blogging, and received about 50 visitors a day that time. Then while i was checking 404 not found webmaster tools, my traffic dropped to about 10 visitors a day.

Because i was really new and had no experience about seo or whatsoever, i did not know what to do, except of checking stuff like in cPanel errors, Google analytics and also Google webmaster tools.

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The one big problem was, i spotted a lots of 404 not found webmaster tools errors.

What does 404 not found webmaster tools errors mean? This error is actually when you created a post, someone links to this post, or this post is already indexed by Google, and when people click on that link, they will not find the related post.

Many things can cause 404 not found webmaster tools, for example, you change your permalinks structure, at least that what happened to me.

I changed my permalink structure from year, month, date to %postname% (related: change permalink wordpress).

I changed the settings after I built quality  backlinks, that’s why, my backlinks were broken and i got that 404 not found webmaster tools errors problem.

So I really suggest you to decide your permalinks settings and stick with it, otherwise you would have to start all over again.

404 not found webmaster tools errors is bad for your blog

Not only loosing traffics as I told above, but 404 not found webmaster tools problem is really not nice for your visitors. They do expect to find the information you offer, but because of this glitch, they have to land in an error page..

My case, was, at that time, when my visitors were still under 100 a day (related: how to get 1000 visitors a day), my traffic source was mainly from forum posting, blog commenting, and answering people in Yahoo Answer website with my wordpress knowledge.

Then, in my Google webmaster tools, including stats analysis, I found people from Yahoo answer site wanted to find my answer or wordpress tutorial, but they could not, because my permalink was updated.

404 not found webmaster tools

What did i do to fix this 404 not found webmaster tools errors? I did redirection. I heard about a redirect plugin which works good, they say, which is called Dean permalink plugin.

I don’t recommend it because i have never used nor experienced it. If you want to try this plugin, please do it with your own risk.

I have noticed redirection plugin has conflicted with another wordpress cache plugin, (at that time, i used wp super cache).

So i chose to do 301 redirect with .htaccess file.

Tutorial to fix 404 not found webmaster tools errors

Before we continue this fixing 404 not found webmaster tools errors , I want to remind you, that this is very dangerous to do if you are not familiar with .htaccess.

So please note, that if you feel unsure, contact your host, and ask for a help.

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Steps to fix 404 not found webmaster tools errors (I assume you already know how to access .htaccess file of your wordpress blog):

1. First and very crucial, backup your .htaccess file, by downloading it and save it in your hard drive.

2. Once you done the step (1) above, go to your Google webmaster tools, copy the URL which causes 404 not found webmaster tools errors one by one, if you have many.

Copy it in notepad, that’s the easiest method.

3. Go back to your .htaccess file, add this code:

redirect 301 /2010/02/13/change-homelink-to-your-own-created-page https://www.wpvidz.com/change-homelink-to-your-own-created-page

The code above should be in one line. That’s one of my example post that i did redirect.

Replace my URL address with yours.

What that code will do, is redirected the 404 not found webmaster tools errors URL old page to the new one.

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Comments

  1. simon says

    April 19, 2011 at 6:52 pm

    hey thanks for this article…I was a bit worried about the error…after reading your article now I can think i can fix it…

  2. khaleed says

    April 27, 2011 at 3:39 am

    Hi Kimi,

    I have try what you said in the article above by using one of the plugin that call redirection. The problem is when I redirect all the error 404 to another page the internet browser detect that my website has redirect loop. After I delete the plugin folder in my cpanel then it’s okay.

    Then I try to do modified the ht.access but it’s seem like it’s not working at all. When I open webmaster tools in crawler status I still can see the 404 error not found.

    Please help my ranking drop from first page in google search to not found at all!

  3. amit says

    July 7, 2011 at 10:42 pm

    thankyou for your tutorial. it helped me to fix my problem.

  4. prajith says

    September 16, 2011 at 12:14 pm

    thanks for nice information.

  5. prajith says

    September 23, 2011 at 12:00 pm

    i am a blogger using wordpress (tech2fun.com)..at the end of each link my site name will come. how to fix it?
    plz help me…

    eg..tech2fun.com/post url/tech2fun
    tech2fun excess

    image https://sites.google.com/site/funtrickz12/home/img/404-error.png

  6. Shalini says

    December 7, 2011 at 8:17 am

    Thanks for Sharing!!
    very relevant to the information I have been seeking,
    Really Nice tips on 404 not found webmaster tools error
    Great Blog

  7. jass says

    December 8, 2011 at 8:59 am

    thank u for knowlegeful information.

  8. Vinay says

    June 28, 2012 at 8:55 am

    Is there any way to rectify the 404 not found error for pages url we don’t need any more.

  9. victor says

    August 17, 2012 at 1:56 pm

    Hello,
    the bigest problem i am facing, in my website 404 error incresing day by day after that i have done redirect all 404 errors even than incresing 404 errors can anyone help me.

  10. RRB says

    November 25, 2012 at 7:32 am

    Thanks a lot, i was searching for the solution for the 404 not found error solution in webmaster tools, finally i think i got it.

  11. James says

    February 18, 2013 at 3:44 am

    Thanks youvery much, I faced around 338 404 in webmt and I fetch as google all the links and now errors removed.

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