Comments on: Free links to your site http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/free-direct-text-links/ neat fun stuff Sat, 20 Mar 2010 15:22:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: K. Bernard http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/free-direct-text-links/#comment-462599 K. Bernard Wed, 03 Feb 2010 23:09:27 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/?p=1211#comment-462599 tamaras, From what I gather, it's not that you need to "fix" anything, it's that you're getting link love and then it's not counting for your site because you don't have a page there. You have an error showing up, which is NOT the same thing as a page on your site. So if you want an easy way to "get more links" (because you already have them they are just not counting) you can redirect the 404 errors to where they should go, or to your home page in the very least. tamaras,

From what I gather, it’s not that you need to “fix” anything, it’s that you’re getting link love and then it’s not counting for your site because you don’t have a page there. You have an error showing up, which is NOT the same thing as a page on your site. So if you want an easy way to “get more links” (because you already have them they are just not counting) you can redirect the 404 errors to where they should go, or to your home page in the very least.

]]> By: tamaras http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/free-direct-text-links/#comment-457114 tamaras Sun, 24 Jan 2010 01:48:33 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/?p=1211#comment-457114 I've never look at my 404 page, because there is so much to do to maintain my sites. Is it really important to fix your 404 page? I’ve never look at my 404 page, because there is so much to do to maintain my sites. Is it really important to fix your 404 page?

]]> By: Jessy Wu http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/free-direct-text-links/#comment-454819 Jessy Wu Mon, 18 Jan 2010 19:11:46 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/?p=1211#comment-454819 wow. What a great tip Matt. Heading to webmaster tool right now. same question mentioned above though, if I redirect all 404 to the homepage, will I get penalized for this? Thanks wow. What a great tip Matt.
Heading to webmaster tool right now.
same question mentioned above though, if I redirect all 404 to the homepage, will I get penalized for this?

Thanks

]]> By: Taras http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/free-direct-text-links/#comment-450168 Taras Fri, 08 Jan 2010 22:41:47 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/?p=1211#comment-450168 Something is wrong with google 404 repoorts or with me :) In my case google reports some 404 errors on pages that do exist. I can happily view them in my browser and no 404 is returned. Just a note. Something is wrong with google 404 repoorts or with me :)
In my case google reports some 404 errors on pages that do exist. I can happily view them in my browser and no 404 is returned. Just a note.

]]> By: Chip Lan http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/free-direct-text-links/#comment-446046 Chip Lan Wed, 30 Dec 2009 08:45:49 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/?p=1211#comment-446046 Hello, Matt, 301 Moved the URL http://www.mmorpgrealm.com/2008/06/28/ragnabot-errr-i-mean-ragnarok/ to http://www.mmorpgrealm.com/ragnabot-errr-i-mean-ragnarok/ GG Webmaster showed me the page has been 404. Have no idea about that. Thanks! Hello, Matt,

301 Moved the URL http://www.mmorpgrealm.com/2008/06/28/ragnabot-errr-i-mean-ragnarok/ to http://www.mmorpgrealm.com/ragnabot-errr-i-mean-ragnarok/

GG Webmaster showed me the page has been 404.

Have no idea about that.
Thanks!

]]> By: Chris Hicken http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/free-direct-text-links/#comment-440104 Chris Hicken Fri, 18 Dec 2009 00:33:55 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/?p=1211#comment-440104 Wow, I'm embarrassed to be finding this tool so long after it became available. Thanks Matt! Wow, I’m embarrassed to be finding this tool so long after it became available. Thanks Matt!

]]> By: dentist http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/free-direct-text-links/#comment-436861 dentist Fri, 11 Dec 2009 19:47:19 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/?p=1211#comment-436861 I just checked my 404 back links and added a couple of pages with names coming from the bad links. Now I don't have 404. Easy and simple, alghtough not sophisticated. I just checked my 404 back links and added a couple of pages with names coming from the bad links. Now I don’t have 404. Easy and simple, alghtough not sophisticated.

]]> By: Dave http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/free-direct-text-links/#comment-431692 Dave Thu, 03 Dec 2009 21:24:55 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/?p=1211#comment-431692 Matt you never stop amazing me! I found your blog by accident after reading your Wikipedia page. The 404 error has been a frustration for some time and the feature works great! Thanks again to you and Google for the amazing free webmaster tools! Matt you never stop amazing me! I found your blog by accident after reading your Wikipedia page. The 404 error has been a frustration for some time and the feature works great! Thanks again to you and Google for the amazing free webmaster tools!

]]> By: Jobs http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/free-direct-text-links/#comment-411886 Jobs Sat, 31 Oct 2009 23:32:28 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/?p=1211#comment-411886 A good method I use on some of my sites is to redirect my 404 pages to the homepage. ;) Works great! A good method I use on some of my sites is to redirect my 404 pages to the homepage. ;)
Works great!

]]> By: Rita http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/free-direct-text-links/#comment-401348 Rita Fri, 09 Oct 2009 07:06:01 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/?p=1211#comment-401348 A little late to the party here, but I just went and check and we have over 900 page not found errors on one of the sites. Yikes. Turns out a fix needed to be done on our programming end, something had gotten messed up, pulling individual home listings went bonkers. Thank goodness I didn't have to start fixing 900+ errors. A little late to the party here, but I just went and check and we have over 900 page not found errors on one of the sites. Yikes. Turns out a fix needed to be done on our programming end, something had gotten messed up, pulling individual home listings went bonkers. Thank goodness I didn’t have to start fixing 900+ errors.

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