304 error keeping google from indexing a page?

msn, yahoo have indexed the page but not google

[jakegotmail]

I have a page that is returning a 304 error. Would this keep google from indexing the page properly, b/c it isn't indexed?

It is worth noting this page is indexed in yahoo and MSN.

What are the correct steps in removing this 304 error?

[tedster]

304 is not an error - it's a server response that tells a user agent, "Not Modified" -- or in more extended words, "this page has not been modified since the criteria included in your If-Modified-Since header." In such a case, the server does NOT return the document itself.

So yes, if your server is incorrectly replying to googlebot's If-Modified-Since header, then googlebot is not getting anything to index. Also possible (but I would think extremely rare) googlebot is sending a bad date or time for the If-Modified-Since.

The solution? I'd make a small change to the page so that it IS now modified, and then also make sure the server is handling If-Modified-Since properly. Check the time/date setting on the server first.

[jakegotmail]

Thanks for the clarification Ted. Makes sense.