Hello,
What do you do to the user generated topics and posts that link to a site page that no longer exists and therefore receive a 404 error?
Do you edit the post and change the link or just archive the post?
Hello,
What do you do to the user generated topics and posts that link to a site page that no longer exists and therefore receive a 404 error?
Do you edit the post and change the link or just archive the post?
Hi Vanessa,
I think this is highly dependent on the type of post and if the post still has value without the link.
E.g. a post explaining a popular topic; a post getting a lot of organic search traffic; or a post with 20 links of which three are broken; they all still provide value and I wouldn’t archive them.
On the other hand, if it’s a pots that’s little more than “check this link”.. yeah, I would definitely archive it, since it’s not providing anything to people visiting the post. It’s wasting time and cluttering up the overviews.
If you know a good replacement link, that might be worth the effort too, but again, it’s all dependent on the particularities.
Bas
Check out my reply here on how you can redirect links for posts you archive
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