: Getting a bunch of URLs that ive never had on my site showing up in search console > crawl errors > not found Ive got a bunch of URLs showing up in search console > crawl errors > not

@Shanna517

Don't worry.

It's normal to have 404's here as any site can link to any URL on your website and there's no way you can control it.

If there are 404 for pages that existed on your site you should 301 redirect them to the correct address.

For instance /myFavoriteMovies.html shows 404 error because you renamed it to /my-favourite-movies.html. Then redirect with a 301 to the new address and then mark it as fixed in GWT(/SC).

From Google Support Docs:


While it's normal to have Not Found (404) errors, you'll want to
address errors for important pages linked to by other sites, older
URLs you had in your sitemap and have since deleted, misspelled URLs
for important pages, or URLs of popular pages that no longer exist on
your site. This way, the information that you care about can be easily
accessed by Google and your visitors.

support.google.com/webmasters/answer/35120?visit_id=1-636111731774022834-892319877&hl=en&rd=1#url_errors

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