SEO: Google Web Master Report Showing Multiple 302 Redirects Instead of 404 Page Not Found Error with IIS URL Rewrite and Web.Config File Fix
While reviewing my Google Web Master Reports, I came across an odd error.
When a 404, Page Not Found, error should be showing for a page that has since been deleted, multiple 302s are generated and Google errors out with something like Err too many redirects.
The root cause was a reconfiguration in Microsoft IIS.
I have a custom 404 error page configuration that references the execution of a customer 404 page for a better customer experience.
Below is what the configuration looks like in IIS. It is set to execute a custom 404.asp page instead of the standard 404.htm page included with IIS.
Let’s zoom out and see that there is another error setting.
If we click to edit the “Error” feature setting, we will see another we are editing the custom 404 setting.
This is the correct setting that solved the issue! Scroll down to see the wrong configuration.
This is the wrong or bad or incorrect configuration that caused me some grief.
Hope this helps somebody!
Cheers!
