dw_n_cinti
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- Dec 23, 2009
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First, I want to take this opportunity to thank the OP. So thank you Physaux for the share of your files AND your thought process.
OK I too think I understand it now.
Thank you for that clarification.
So, if I am correct this process creates many links to a webpage on your site that do not exist. As a result the searcher will be directed to a 404 page. Is this correct?
And so, to utilize this process, it is necessary to replace the standard 404 page, as other posts have expressed, with a page that will give the searcher useful information about your site - links to the home page for instance. However, according to
, one should be wary of using redirect code to your home page as "the redirecting page will usually return a "200 OK" " which "can result in a whole bunch of indexed URL's all looking to the search engine like duplicates of your home page". And, of course, duplicate content on the same website is not acceptable to the Search Engines.
And so the SEO benefit to this process is not so much to have backlinks to your home page or to any particular page, but to substantially increase the number of backlinks to your overall site. With new websites it can be an insurmountable task to compete with established sites for total backlinks. This is one process to overcome that hurdle.
Is this a fair understanding?
I guess the question becomes: Will the SERPs take the quality of the links, that being 404 errors, into consideration in ranking your website and web pages? And the goal would be to discover a way to avoid the 404 errors.
Any suggestions anyone? If I read the above article on 404 errors correctly, there is no work around for this without unacceptable consequences - duplicate content.
On thinking about it, perhaps a custom 404 page with unique content (a new rendition of the home page) and then, possibly, a redirection to the home page.
Any thoughts?
Regards,
DW
OK I too think I understand it now.
Thank you for that clarification.
So, if I am correct this process creates many links to a webpage on your site that do not exist. As a result the searcher will be directed to a 404 page. Is this correct?
And so, to utilize this process, it is necessary to replace the standard 404 page, as other posts have expressed, with a page that will give the searcher useful information about your site - links to the home page for instance. However, according to
Code:
http://www.mcanerin.com/EN/articles/301-redirect-404-error.aspAnd so the SEO benefit to this process is not so much to have backlinks to your home page or to any particular page, but to substantially increase the number of backlinks to your overall site. With new websites it can be an insurmountable task to compete with established sites for total backlinks. This is one process to overcome that hurdle.
Is this a fair understanding?
I guess the question becomes: Will the SERPs take the quality of the links, that being 404 errors, into consideration in ranking your website and web pages? And the goal would be to discover a way to avoid the 404 errors.
Any suggestions anyone? If I read the above article on 404 errors correctly, there is no work around for this without unacceptable consequences - duplicate content.
On thinking about it, perhaps a custom 404 page with unique content (a new rendition of the home page) and then, possibly, a redirection to the home page.
Any thoughts?
Regards,
DW
