Lots of 404 errors..

Hey guys,

Been trying to work this out myself the last few days but it seems to be growing / getting worse / getting more 404's..



As you can see from the images above.. the sitemap seems to be / have generated VBSEO type URL rewrites... however i am using 001 settings (Hierarchic) URL's across cms, blogs and forums..

Originally for the first few hours of the site being live i used the VBSEO 002 settings.. but since then the URL's have been 001 settings..

Ive regenerated the sitemap and re-submitted to webmaster tools, but for some reason these continue to grow.. any help on this is greatly appreciated.

Regards, Darren

Ok, You can use this redirect to avoid any broken links since you have changed your rewrite format, Please add this line under "RewriteEngine On" line :

Code:

RewriteRule ^f([0-9]+)/$ http://www.domain.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=$1 [L,R=301]

Change domain.com/forums with your forum URL

Thanks for the above code.. i am assuming this goes in the .htaccess file ?

I am using non-www and also i have used vbseo CRR to rewrite "Forums" to "Forum" so can you tell me if this code is correct:

Code:

RewriteRule ^f([0-9]+)/$ http://kinectforums.net/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=$1 [L,R=301]

Thanks again guys for your awesome support

Regards, Darren

Then you should use this rule :

Code:

RewriteRule ^f([0-9]+)/$ http://kinectforums.net/forumdisplay.php?f=$1 [L,R=301]

And yes this rule should be in .htaccess file under "RewriteEngine On" line

Thanks very much Marco, really do appreciate your timely responses

Will see if that gets rid of the errors under the webmaster tools, Thanks you

- Darren

I've just tried the redirect and see if it works correctly and I found it works great so when google try to open :

Code:

http://kinectforums.net/f10/

It will redirect him to the correct new forum :

Code:

http://kinectforums.net/xbox-gaming/

Google is not a real time effect it may take some more time to update it in GWMC so be patient we have fixed this issue it just need some time to update

Awesome Thanks for looking into that Marco

I must admit i didn't check myself, was just going to wait for the webmaster tools to re-index the sitemap, Appreciate your help here

- Darren

You're welcome Darren

Ahh. I see. So, you bought the Kinect Forums. I was going to buy it. :-/

Congrats on the purchase. And NICE SKIN! VEEEEEEERY NICE. I would like a skin like that when I get VB4.