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 explained ...
Google’s "mark as fixed" doesn’t speed up reprocessing. Proper redirects and 404s are essential for site health. Reprocessing site changes can take time, especially for larger sites. Google's John ...
Google is warning against using 404 and other 4xx client server status errors, such as 403s, for the purpose of trying to set a crawl rate limit for Googlebot. “Please don’t do that,” Gary Illyes from ...