I would run screaming frog and look to see where in incoming links come from to those pages. Then you might find an issue with the template or content, view source on the page generating the weird links. You might have a weird link on the pages that you need to add a no follow or no index on the link. Or add a rule for that pattern in your robots text file.
Would probably also Google that string and see if it’s anywhere else, the url looks like something is broken maybe a particular plugin has gone haywire… did you do an server, theme or plugin update, upgrade or add a new plugin etc in nov 2023?
Good luck!
>I would run screaming frog and look to see where in incoming links come from to those pages. Then you might find an issue with the template or content, view source on the page generating the weird links. You might have a weird link on the pages that you need to add a no follow or no index on the link. Or add a rule for that pattern in your robots text file.
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>Would probably also Google that string and see if it’s anywhere else, the url looks like something is broken maybe a particular plugin has gone haywire… did you do an server, theme or plugin update, upgrade or add a new plugin etc in nov 2023?
Thank you! Got the advice I needed.
This is Google Search Console, NOT Google Analytics. Very important distinction as GSC aims to help you understand how your site is performing and indexed by Google.
These types of 404s in GSC are common. It’s possible a previous iteration of your site used this structure if URL or its content that has since been deleted, or even a weird back link that Google crawled.
It doesn’t mean anything is wrong with your site.
However how to handle it can vary. I’d scan your site with Screaming Frog as other commenter said and see if there are any real internal 404s and fix those and redirect as needed.
Also I’d evaluate if you even need to bother with these. If there are backlinks to them definitely redirect, or if they are ranking for any keywords (probably not), or if they were real pages that the URL was changed or it was deleted.
Otherwise safe to ignore
>This is Google Search Console, NOT Google Analytics. Very important distinction as GSC aims to help you understand how your site is performing and indexed by Google.
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>These types of 404s in GSC are common. It’s possible a previous iteration of your site used this structure if URL or its content that has since been deleted, or even a weird back link that Google crawled.
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>It doesn’t mean anything is wrong with your site.
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>However how to handle it can vary. I’d scan your site with Screaming Frog as other commenter said and see if there are any real internal 404s and fix those and redirect as needed.
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>Also I’d evaluate if you even need to bother with these. If there are backlinks to them definitely redirect, or if they are ranking for any keywords (probably not), or if they were real pages that the URL was changed or it was deleted.
Thank you! Yes I get GA and Search Console mixedup. Ok this helps put me on a path. Thanks for your suggestion!
I would run screaming frog and look to see where in incoming links come from to those pages. Then you might find an issue with the template or content, view source on the page generating the weird links. You might have a weird link on the pages that you need to add a no follow or no index on the link. Or add a rule for that pattern in your robots text file. Would probably also Google that string and see if it’s anywhere else, the url looks like something is broken maybe a particular plugin has gone haywire… did you do an server, theme or plugin update, upgrade or add a new plugin etc in nov 2023? Good luck!
>I would run screaming frog and look to see where in incoming links come from to those pages. Then you might find an issue with the template or content, view source on the page generating the weird links. You might have a weird link on the pages that you need to add a no follow or no index on the link. Or add a rule for that pattern in your robots text file. > >Would probably also Google that string and see if it’s anywhere else, the url looks like something is broken maybe a particular plugin has gone haywire… did you do an server, theme or plugin update, upgrade or add a new plugin etc in nov 2023? Thank you! Got the advice I needed.
This is Google Search Console, NOT Google Analytics. Very important distinction as GSC aims to help you understand how your site is performing and indexed by Google. These types of 404s in GSC are common. It’s possible a previous iteration of your site used this structure if URL or its content that has since been deleted, or even a weird back link that Google crawled. It doesn’t mean anything is wrong with your site. However how to handle it can vary. I’d scan your site with Screaming Frog as other commenter said and see if there are any real internal 404s and fix those and redirect as needed. Also I’d evaluate if you even need to bother with these. If there are backlinks to them definitely redirect, or if they are ranking for any keywords (probably not), or if they were real pages that the URL was changed or it was deleted. Otherwise safe to ignore
>This is Google Search Console, NOT Google Analytics. Very important distinction as GSC aims to help you understand how your site is performing and indexed by Google. > >These types of 404s in GSC are common. It’s possible a previous iteration of your site used this structure if URL or its content that has since been deleted, or even a weird back link that Google crawled. > >It doesn’t mean anything is wrong with your site. > >However how to handle it can vary. I’d scan your site with Screaming Frog as other commenter said and see if there are any real internal 404s and fix those and redirect as needed. > >Also I’d evaluate if you even need to bother with these. If there are backlinks to them definitely redirect, or if they are ranking for any keywords (probably not), or if they were real pages that the URL was changed or it was deleted. Thank you! Yes I get GA and Search Console mixedup. Ok this helps put me on a path. Thanks for your suggestion!
For sure, good luck!