Google Sitemap-Status of 200 (found successfully) for pages that don't exist.

Hello,

you should set ""File Not Found" requests handling?" to "Send 404 code", complete google verification process and then you can switch it back to "404.shtml".

Then you should make sure that your custom 404 handler send HTTP code 404. In php you should use:

PHP Code:

           header ("HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found"); 


Originally Posted by Oleg Ignatiuk

Then you should make sure that your custom 404 handler send HTTP code 404. In php you should use:

PHP Code:

           header ("HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found"); 


sorry, would you explain more please ? i face the same problem right now

Hello,

are you using php file as your "Custom 404 handler script"?

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Google web master tools problem

Where do you put this code?

PHP Code:

header ("HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found"); 


If its in the "Include custom script:" when I try that all I get is

PHP Code:

header ( 


left in the box and still no joy

This is the error google web master tools throw up at me each time I try and access the stats there and try and verify my web sites

Verification status: NOT VERIFIED
Last attempt Nov 20, 2007: Our system has experienced a temporary problem.

And this is what google have about the error

We couldn't find your verification file. Make sure it is named correctly and is uploaded to the correct location.

We looked for your verification file, but couldn't locate it. Check the following and then try again:

• case sensitivity - did you use the same upper and lowercase letters as shown on the page?
• extension - does the file have an .html extension? Sometimes text editors automatically add a .txt extension to files. If this has happened, rename the file so that the extension is .html.
• location - did you upload the file to the directory listed beside the Verify button?

Another possible reason for this error is that you've added the site to your account, but typed it in incorrectly. So, you've uploaded your verification file to the right place, but we are looking for it somewhere else. Make sure that the site we show is your site. If it's not, delete the site and add yours.

All the above is done, its all been working fine until I moved the forum to the main url rather than a folder on the url

First of all, what do you have selected for ""File Not Found" requests handling" option currently?

Thats set to "Send 404 HTTP code"

It should not be related then, try to resubmit verification request.

I have to redo most of my web sites over the next week or so, another job I just cant wait to do and I will try adding meta tags to each one, see if that cures the problem