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return 410 instead of 404 pages for google crawlers in dnn

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komeil
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11/27/2022 2:06 AM

Hi. i want to return 410 status for crawlers in dnn.

The perpose of this action is that the google crowler index pages. now some of these pages removed or moved to another path. for that pages i want to return 410 status code and tell google, hey this pages removed ro no longer availeble so google crawler not index them as 404.

For example if user typed /aboutus in url bar and hit enter, should return 410 error.

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11/28/2022 4:03 AM

It should be possible to do this in IIS with the Url Rewrite Module. I have no idea if there can be a rule to send this error only to specific agents, but it should be possible to change a 404 answer to 410.

The better way would be to add the old, invalid Url to the new page (Pages -> Advanced -> SEO) and return a 301 answer (moved permanenty). Then you customers and search engines know the new address.

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11/28/2022 12:13 PM
Shouldn't you be looking for a HTTP 301 redirect? That would be done for you if you simply change the URL of the page via the Page Settings for that specific page. The new URL would then respond with a 200, and the previous URL would respond with a HTTP 301 to the new URL.

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