Managing 404 pages

  • Some months ago, I built a site on a domain which had previously been owned by someone else.

    The previous owner built a lot of dynamic pages which still remain in the Google index. They now resolve to my custom 404 page – but there is nothing to tell the SE that these pages should no longer be indexed. Obviously I do want a 404 page for my visitors who try to find something in error. But how do I get rid of all those junk pages that won’t go away and appear in the search results?

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  • Moderator Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)

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    Well. How do they resolve to the 404 page? If it’s WordPress’s automatic catcher, you’re fine. But. I would consider making a dynamic 301 redirect in .htaccess to shunt them off to more useful places.

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