wilsonf1 Posted May 7, 2013 Share Posted May 7, 2013 Hi there I have created a php website based on a classic ASP site that is still live. I have ported over a lot of content (the content I really care about and is still useful) There are however a fair few pages on the ASP site that I don't want to import - it's not worth the time converting it all. I don't want to generate 100's of 404's when I flick to the PHP server. They'll also be loads of images from Google images I won't be copying across. Is there anything I can do on a more global site level to 301 any 404's to the home page, or similar? Perhaps using the htacess file? Not sure how to tackle this. I know Google Webmaster Tools is going to think a load of my content is broken until it de-indexes the irrelevant stuff.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ingolme Posted May 7, 2013 Share Posted May 7, 2013 I believe 404 is a much better response than a 301 leading to the home page. A 301 leading to the page's new location is good, of course. If the page no longer exists then search engines need to know it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justsomeguy Posted May 7, 2013 Share Posted May 7, 2013 You can redirect 404s if you want to though: http://www.google.com/search?client=opera&q=htaccess+redirect+404+to+homepage&sourceid=opera&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&channel=suggest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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