Bad request is the request which results into 404/410 error. These are broken links that results into frustration. No one like this kind of error.In order to have good page load time and high ranking in the gogle we should avoid bad requests.
Disadvantages of Bad Requests ?
- Bad user experience
- Lowers ranking in search engine (bad for SEO)
- Can decrease valuable traffic.
How to avoid Bad Requests ?
- Remove Bad requests
- Redirect Broken Linkes to appropriate URL
the above points are explained briefly below -
Remove Bad Requests :
- We can update individual anchor tags so that we can remove al broken links from the page if number of pages are small in number.
- We can check broken links using these tools -(but these tools can check only broken links from supplied url)
- Broken Link Checker - http://www.brokenlinkcheck.com/
- Broken Link Checker - iWEBTOOL.com
- If we have number of pages or posts in wordpress blog then its too difficult job to update individual broken links.
- We have followed some tricks to tackle this type of problem.
A. Using Worpress Plugin : Broken Link Checker
- This plugin will check your posts, comments and other content for broken links and missing images, and notify you if any are found.
- If we have any broken link in multiple post then this plugin can update link.
- This plugin can update link | Unlink Text .
- We can also activate email notification when user lands on broken link. This is best way to know how much traffic lands on broken pages.
this is best plugin for wordpress to handle bad requests.
B. Using Worpress Plugin : 404 Bing
- Bing404 transforms your standard “We can’t find that” to “Maybe one of these is what you are looking for“.
- Using this plugin we can customize 404 error page. Instead of showing “broken link message” we can show related posts to user. this plugin is powered by Bing. Plugin can be found here : Bing 404
