Hello,
I apologize for the inconvenience you are facing with your URL appearing twice in the 404 monitoring within Rank Math. This issue might be related to a misconfiguration in the redirection settings or a possible error in the way the URLs are handled.
To address this problem, I recommend checking the redirection settings in Rank Math to ensure that there are no broad redirects or misconfigured options causing the URL duplication. Here’s how you can do it:
- Open the recently created redirection inside Rank Math.
- Review the settings of the redirection to ensure that only the intended URL is being redirected.
- Check for any multiple URLs configured within Rank Math that might be causing the issue.
If you find any misconfigurations or multiple URLs causing the problem, correct them, and then check if the duplicated URLs in the 404 monitoring have disappeared.
If the issue persists or you need further assistance, please feel free to reply to this ticket, and a human agent from the Rank Math Support team will assist you promptly.
Thank you for bringing this to our attention.
Sources:
Common robots.txt Issues & How to Fix Them » Rank Math
Random URLs Redirecting Even When No Redirect Was Created » Rank Math
How to Fix the Submitted URL Seems to Be a “Soft 404” Error » Rank Math
How to Monitor 404 Errors with Rank Math SEO Plugin
How to Fix Problems While Connecting Account Using Rank Math » Rank Math
Hello,
Thank you for contacting us and sorry for any inconvenience that might have been caused due to that.
When you see your homepage URL in the 404 Monitor, it means that some bots are trying to access this URL: https://yourdomain.com/yourdomain.com
This is because all of the 404 errors are relative to the homepage, so you can safely ignore those and go about your day.
If the error was on your homepage, you would see only a forward slash in the log /.
Hope that helps and please don’t hesitate to let us know if you have any other questions.
Thank you.
Thanks
Good to know.
What you mean by this:”If the error was on your homepage, you would see only a forward slash in the log /.”
Do you mean this: / and something else after that but not the main URL before it. So then error is on my home page.
Hello,
Yes, if the error was on your actual homepage, you should see the error like the following one:
Hope that helps and please don’t hesitate to let us know if you have any other questions.
Thank you.
Thanks
This is very useful.
But what about this: sitemap_index.xml (I know what sitemap is but why it is a URL)
And this: php/thinkphp/aaaffff123.php
And this: 404.html
I redirected them all to my landingpage
And what make this: https:/www.monimedia.fi/sitemap.xml.gz
(That http://www.monimedia.fi is the URL of my other website which is not online at the moment but it is in the same webhotel)
Hello,
Our plugin sitemap will not generate that type of extension so it is possible that some bots are trying to access those paths.
As we have mentioned earlier, we only report the 404s. We do not have information on how or why they are generated. You can try to fix these errors by following this guide: https://rankmath.com/kb/fix-404-errors/
To block out access to bots, you can use a service like Cloudflare (https://www.cloudflare.com/). Cloudflare is a web security and performance service that can protect your site from malicious bots and attacks.
Please you can refer to this guide to learn more about the advanced 404 monitors: https://rankmath.com/kb/monitor-404-errors/#how-to-use-404-monitor-information
Hope that helps and please do not hesitate to let us know if you need our assistance with anything else.
Hello,
We are super happy that we could address your concern. If you have any other questions in the future, know that we are here to help you.
If you don’t mind me asking, could you please leave us a review (if you haven’t already) on https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/seo-by-rank-math/reviews/#new-post about your overall experience with Rank Math? We appreciate your time and patience.
If you do have another question in the future, please feel free to create a new forum topic, and it will be our pleasure to assist you again.
Thank you.
