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Problem 5: Error 404 on Many SEOContest2008 pages

By SEOContest2008 - Posted on Sun Mar 2, 2008

This site has several indexed pages when it was still parked on SEOReligion.com. Now the pages no longer exist. And when Google sees this, such a massive change may trigger some red flags thinking the site no longer exist or is owned by someone else and resets the ranking. We do not want that to happen.

My Error 404 Solution for Search Engines and for Usability

For search engines

I will check all pages indexed already and create manual 301s to redirect to the homepage. This is internal 301s from this domain seocontest2008.com to the same domain. Just redirecting pages that seem to exist already that have now disappeared.

For Usability

Just in case anyone has linked to internal pages within seocontest2008.com and they visit the links and they get Error 404s and get disappointed, as they get redirected to the homepage, I will place a static link on the side bar saying: Looking a missing page? It might be on SEOReligion.com. Hopefully that helps people still be able to find what they were originally looking for.

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One Response to “Problem 5: Error 404 on Many SEOContest2008 pages”

  1. SEOContest2008 Says:

    Creating subdomains and 301 to homepage. These are internal 301s on the same domain so there should be no problem with contest rules.

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