On July 16, 2003 at 10:12, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > After looking at my error log files, I notice that a few search > engines, (Google and Inktomi) keep looking for files that no longer > exist on my site. When these spiders re-index your site, do they > remove dead links? Is there a way to get thet to do so? Or should I > just redirect the dead links to the new pages?
Depends on the pages involved, you may want to use a 301 permanent redirect header from your server or maybe a robots.txt file to exclude the file names. Lots of info here with something will suit your needs: http://www.google.ca/webmasters/ You prolly are interested in #B1 Regards, Mark Groen MG Web Services Web Site Hosting and Development www.markgroen.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] 604-780-6917 ____ • The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM • ____ To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Send Your Posts To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To change subscription settings to the wdvltalk digest version: http://wdvl.internet.com/WDVL/Forum/#sub ________________ http://www.wdvl.com _______________________ You are currently subscribed to wdvltalk as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]