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  • June 26, 2019 at 1:00 pm #1113599
    logerber

    Hi Team,

    I added the domain-property to the google search console.
    When i want to index the homepage it says: crwaling 404 not found.
    However, i can index ANY other site expect of the homepage

    So far i found out it happens because in the enfold settings i have “redirect 404 sites to the following site: startseite”
    this causes the issue. However, i want that 404 sites are getting redirected to the homepage but it is important to get this site indexed.

    how should we proceed?
    Please be aware: The old website is still on google. so if you search “restaurant buck” you will get the old links.

    June 27, 2019 at 9:03 am #1113828
    Rikard

    Hey logerber,

    You have selected to use your front page as the custom 404 page in the theme option, please try to select a different page.

    Best regards,
    Rikard

    June 27, 2019 at 9:40 am #1113845
    logerber

    Hi Rikard,

    So it‘s not possible to have the front-page as 404 site if i want it indexed by google?

    Because with another site as 404 it‘s possible to index the site at google.

    is there a workaround? Maybe that the 404 site is an empty page which redirects to the main page?

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    June 28, 2019 at 5:00 am #1114158
    Rikard

    Hi,

    When a page is set as a 404 page it will return a 404 error code, that’s why “it can’t be indexed”. It’s also not a very good user experience to show your front page for a page which doesn’t exist, it’s better to build a page where you tell your user what happened and give them options to navigate away. Yes it’s possible to redirect to another page using a 301 redirect plugin for instance.

    Best regards,
    Rikard

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