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    How do I fix soft 404 error in Google search console?

    How do I fix soft 404 error in Google search console?

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    Login to your Google search console account and at the same time open the page you want to link to Google for the 404 page and keep the link ready. Now go to crawl option in the search console on the left hand side once your into that there is an option called fetch as google and one window will open the the link you want to map and click on fetch and render option your work is done.

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    Hi,
    To fix soft 404 errors
    -Check that the page is indeed a soft 404 or a false alarm.
    -Configure your server to return the proper not found error code (404/410)
    -Improve the page and request indexing.
    -Redirect the page using a 301 redirection.
    -Keep the page on your site but de-index it from search engines.

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    Remove the login from pages that you want Google to crawl, whether it's an in-page or popup login prompt.
    Check your robots. ...
    Use the robots. ...
    Use a user-agent switcher plugin for your browser, or the Fetch as Google tool to see how your site appears to Googlebot.

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    A soft 404 error is not considered to be a 404 error with regards to Google. But if you don’t solve this problem at the earliest, there are chances of Google deindexing your pages. For avoiding such an issue, consider crawling your site regularly and look out for any 404 errors.

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    Fix: make sure to return this status code instead of a 200 OK . Fix: update the redirect so it points to the most relevant alternative. Fix: if these pages shouldn't exist, 404 them. Fix: adjust the page's content so it's not mistaken for a 404 page.

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    Check that the page is indeed a soft 404 or a false alarm.
    Configure your server to return the proper not found error code (404/410)
    Improve the page and request indexing.
    Redirect the page using a 301 redirection.
    Keep the page on your site but de-index it from search engines.

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    Remove the login from pages that you want Google to crawl, whether it's an in-page or popup login prompt.
    Check your robots. ...
    Use the robots. ...
    Use a user-agent switcher plugin for your browser, or the Fetch as Google tool to see how your site appears to Googlebot.

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    Fix: make sure to return this status code instead of a 200 OK . ...
    Fix: update the redirect so it points to the most relevant alternative.
    Fix: if these pages shouldn't exist, 404 them. ...
    Fix: adjust the page's content so it's not mistaken for a 404 page.

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    A soft 404 error is not considered to be a 404 error with regards to Google. But if you don’t solve this problem at the earliest, there are chances of Google deindexing your pages. For avoiding such an issue, consider crawling your site regularly and look out for any 404 errors.

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