This can lead to Search Console showing you everything is fine but in reality, some of your desktop pages may not be indexed. Google changed how it handles soft 404 detection and classifications ...

Google’s John Mueller answered an interesting question about what actually happens after clicking the “validate a fix” link in Search Console if the 404 status still exists. John Mueller ...

Google's Gary Illyes warns of soft 404 errors' impact on web crawling and recommends proper error handling to improve SEO and site efficiency.

Soft 404 bug leading to de-indexing issues A couple of weeks ago, we reported that Google changed how it detects soft 404 pages and that led to some pages being removed from the Google Search index.

Do you have many soft 404 errors in your Google Search Console reports? Well, that might mean that you are linking to these pages internally within your site and you should check your internal ...

Google's John Mueller said this morning that the Google Search team has removed a classifier it was using to determine soft 404s. As a reminder, a ton of sites were complaining about pages being ...

First, in the “Alternate page with proper canonical tag” report in Google Search Console, export your sample pages from Google Search Console into a spreadsheet.