: Googlebot requesting invalid URL I have a web app which emails me exceptions automatically. This morning there was an error relating to a url: /Catalog/LiveCatalog?id=ylwpfqzts id is invalid (should
I have a web app which emails me exceptions automatically. This morning there was an error relating to a url: /Catalog/LiveCatalog?id=ylwpfqzts
id is invalid (should be a guid) and caused an error parsing. Everything was handled correctly, and an error page is returned. But what was odd is that the user-agent reported itself as Googlebot and the IP is registered to Google.
The URL would never have been generated by my web app but doesn't look particularly malicious.
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If your app is like a lot of CMS, it may return the index page even if the page being access does not exist. You should create a custom 404 page which Google should adhere to.
Some more info: www.google.com/support/webmasters/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=93641
It possible it's simple a bug in GoogleBot (it does happen). Or it could be a URL that you previously used and just hasn't been dropped from Google's sitemap for your site, however doubtful if you say that was never a valid URL.
There is also a slim chance that is was someone testing for exploits in your site by fiddling with URLs. I say slim cause it's not hard to fake as GoogleBot slightly harder to fake Google IP though.
For the moment I would write it off as a GoogleBot glitch but keep an eye out for it happening again.
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