CODEWITHSUNDEEP
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user3390778
user3390778

Reputation: 1

How to give a 410 error on all files not found?

My site was hacked some time before and we caught this issue and cleaned the site but now we are dealing with a ton of fake, bogus links created by the hackers on other website pointing to pages that do not exists on our server.

We have our htaccess setup to deliver a custom 404 page for any search bots and/or visitor who may come to our site from a bogus link. Google is finding these bogus link out there on the web and keeps trying to index them.

I have read that I should be giving a 410 (gone) code to google instead of a 404 (not found) because Google treats the 410 more strongly then a 404. My problem is that I do not know how to deliver a 410 error code instead of a 404 error to google from my htaccess.

If anyone can help me with this I would really be appreciative. Again, I want to give a 410 code for ALL files that are not found and direct a user to a special page stating that the file they requested is gone.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1201

Answers (1)

Andrew
Andrew

Reputation: 5340

Response 410 code for the files not exists:

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ - [L,R=410]

Setting a custom 410 error page like this:

ErrorDocument 410 /410.html

Upvotes: 1

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