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[shtefcs]

I was reading Google Webmaster tools, where I got reported lot of Soft 404 Errors, for the videos I deleted.

What Google saying is that is not enough "But it's important to remember that it's not enough to just create a page that displays a 404 message. You also need to return the correct 404 or 410 HTTP response code.".

Read the whole post about Soft 404 https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/181708?hl=en&ctx=tltp

It's on my vibe 3.3 version, but I am sure it's on every version same.

I am highly recommend to look into this and fix it. This can me the main reason why my site dropped in Google Search.

[PHPVibe A.]

You can place and header in tpl/main/404.php

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header("HTTP/1.0 404 Not Found"); 

at the top

[shtefcs]

Tnx for replay Alex.

Btw, did you updated this on 3.6, or I need to add it manually ?

[PHPVibe A.]

I don't know, have to check, didn't make any code myself for 3.6

[shtefcs]

Let me know please.

[PHPVibe A.]

It's not in there. tpl/main/404.php

[shtefcs]

Alex,

This is whole code of 404.php. Can you edit the code belove and put ur line exactly where it need to be ?

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<?php  the_header(); 
the_sidebar();
?>
<div class="error-info main-holder pad-holder span8 nomargin top10">
<h3><?php echo _lang("404"); ?></h3>
<h4><?php echo _lang("oops! page not found"); ?></h4>
<a class="button-center" href="<?php echo site_url(); ?>"><?php echo _lang("Back to home"); ?></a>
</div>
<?php  the_footer(); ?>

You should update this in next patch, it's very important.

Tnx

[PHPVibe A.]

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<?php header("HTTP/1.0 404 Not Found"); 
the_header();

[shtefcs]

Tnx man. I can confirm it's working. http://screencast.com/t/cgWgFXYr5