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

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