Hi there,

I have installed the Search 404 module. I noticed that Google is searching for a noexist file and of course my site does not return a 404 but a nice page saying sorry cannot find anything like that thanks to Search 404.

Sadly I understand that it Google ways to check your sitemap out and if he finds a noexit file he consider you do not handle search properly and he will refuse to index your site.

So how do I exclude noexist files from Search 404 (example "noexist_d1f991b30dd0ef4f.html")?

Thanks for any help,

Cheers,
Marc.

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marco88 commented
Status: Active » Closed (fixed)

Fixed it. Nothing to do with Search 404. It was hosting web server which did not return a "404 Not Found".

Changed code in common.inc as per below and worked ("404 Not Found" returned instead of "404" only) which should make Google sitemap happy:

http://www.filination.com/tech/2007/04/04/drupal-seo-verifying-404-not-f...

Cheers,
Marc.