404 Pages increasing day by day. Why??
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Please look at my website, 404 Pages suddenly increasing in number.
I have looked at the google webmaster tool and found it showing all my URLs in wrong format.
This page is also not working
I attached webmaster screenshot as well
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Hi Michael!
As you know, soft 404s can negatively impact the traffic to your website. I found a blog that could be helpful for you! It thoroughly discusses what a soft 404 is, how it impacts your website, and most importantly, how to get rid of them on your website. Read that blog here: https://www.hallaminternet.com/what-are-soft-404-errors-will-they-affect-rankings/
Hope this helps - if not let me know and I would love to help you figure this out!
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Sitemap looks fine. Click on the urls in GSC and see the referring links. That would give you some more insight.
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