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Old 04-07-2004, 08:48 PM
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Originally Posted by chris_g
Hopefully "Slurp" can get the problem looked at by someone at Yahoo. The problem is the broken URL on Yahoo makes the site look like its down when its actually not. About 50% of the URLs on this site are broken

Thanks for the suggestions ronniethedodger
Chris - I ran your site thru Xenu link checker and it did not find any broken links at all. There are no links that are referencing up one directory past the domain as I was thinking there might.

There was however a broken link to an image referencing http://www.insurance-bad-faith-lawye...ept3_r2_c1.jpg

Please note the backwards reference in this case. While this is not a reference for the page you are having a problem with ... perhaps there is a connection.

Here is where that image is referenced, which includes the page you had mentioned:
  • toxic-exposure-litigation.asp
    serious-injury-lawyers-california.asp
    site-directory.asp
    california-personal-injury-lawyer.asp
    insurance-bad-faith.asp
    bad-faith-and-insurance-companies.asp
    California-wrongful-death-lawyers.asp
    products-liability-attorneys.asp
    Los-Angeles-lawyers-attorneys.asp
    product-liability-law.asp
    California-insurance-lawyers-attorneys.asp
    bad-faith-litigation.asp
    bad-faith-lawyers.asp
    California-insurance-coverage-lawyers-attorneys.asp
    California-insurance-bad-faith-lawyers-attorneys.asp
    bad-faith.asp
    insurance-lawsuits.asp
    bad-faith-lawyers-attorneys.asp
    California-insurance-bad-faith-lawyers.asp
    insurance-bad-faith-lawyers-attorneys.asp
    personal-injury-lawyer-attorney-Los-Angeles.asp
    insurance-lawyers.asp

If this list is comparable to the one you have made for the malformed links in the Search results. Then it may be easy to fix on your end so that the spider is not fouled up. Please let Tim know if this is the case so he can inform the appropriate people about this.

What is unfortunate is if you do find the problem (or Yahoo does) either way you will probably have to wait til Slurp comes around to crawl again. I would plan on quite a spell between now -- the time the problem is isolated and fixed -- then the crawl -- and getting it into the index.

If you are in the Inktomi/SiteMatch program the time difference between the fix and the crawl can be minimal ... if not, then as much as seven weeks according to Yahoo's definition. The only unknown is how long the fix will take.
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