WMT says some urls are 404 but they're NOT

[Propools]

Using Goog WMT I look at the 404 error report. I verify whether or not the URL's do actually generate a 404 response, but they don't. The pages are truly there. Anybody else getting this false 404 response? :)

[tedster]

Have you checked your server logs to see what happens when googlebot requests those urls? The most deceptive server hacks include scripts that give different results to googlebot.

[Receptional Andy]

If you're confident the status code is correct for the URLs that Google's requesting, then it's likely just more [webmasterworld.com] WMT [webmasterworld.com] glitching [webmasterworld.com] - erroneous 404s have been happening for a while.

It's a shame, since people quite reasonably assume WMT data to be both accurate and authoritative.

[edit reason: typo]

[edited by: Receptional_Andy at 8:13 pm (utc) on Sep. 24, 2008]

[agerhart]

We've seen quite a bit of this as well.

[rustybrick]

Google has confirmed it is a glitch at Google Groups a few days ago. It should be fixed soon.