Hi guys

I recently logged into my google webmasters section, and noticed i had lots of errors with lots of changes ive made to my site, there were loads of 404 errors, so i have created a htaccess file, which solves the 404 errors, the next time the spider visits my site, should those 404 errors disapear from my google webmasters section ?

Woc

First find why Google see errors. If everything is in order then wait for next crawl.
We too have error sometimes but then, they are magically gone without us doing a thing.






fastreplies

Just wait and watch...........if your erorrs solved then good and if not then check it again why Google see errors, as fastreplies said.

It all depends on HOW you FIXED the 404 responses

You could have made the situation FAR worse than a few missing pages. Which BTW is a completely natural thing in the life of a website.

err i set up an htaccess file and added the command ErrorDocument 404 followed by my url details ? is that the right way to tackle the problem ?

Woc

is that the right way to tackle the problem ?

Absolutely NOT!

All that is likely to be happening now is that pages that have been removed due to your changes will now be giving a 200 response as if they are still there so will NEVER be removed from the SE index.

If the pages have been moved then a redirect is the correct response
If the pages have been removed then a 404 response is the CORRECT one.

Hi there

This issue is very confusing, i have created a custom404 error page, so if somone looks for one of the pages that has been removed, it takes u to my custom 404 page is this correct ?

Woc

maybe its much better to redirect those 404 pages using a 301 or 302 redirection.

takes u to my custom 404 page is this correct

Provided the URL requested returns a 404 response when the page is not there, yes it is.

By the sound of it your page does NOT return a 404

maybe its much better to redirect those 404 pages using a 301 or 302 redirection.

Only when it is appropriate.

This 404 error is rather strange. Sometimes it appears and the next run, it goes away. I have been having this problem for a long time already.

Well if every thing is ok all you can do is to wait for next updates...