Title: 404 Detection Blocks Google Bots?
Last modified: August 24, 2016

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# 404 Detection Blocks Google Bots?

 *  [ollie90](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ollie90/)
 * (@ollie90)
 * [11 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/404-detection-blocks-google-bots/)
 * Hi, is it really true that the 404 Detection option blocks google bots? I am 
   considering to turn on the feature but I’ve seen people saying that it blocks
   google bots, causing their site to not get indexed by google and causing their
   SEO rankings to plummet. Hope to get a clarification on this.
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 *  [Frederic Legrand](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fredericlegrand/)
 * (@fredericlegrand)
 * [11 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/404-detection-blocks-google-bots/#post-6082192)
 * yep, do not activate that function.
    you ll most likely block bots
 *  [dwinden](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dwinden/)
 * (@dwinden)
 * [11 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/404-detection-blocks-google-bots/#post-6082193)
 * This will probably not be an issue if you monitor and fix any dead links in your
   website.
 * dwinden
 *  [dwinden](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dwinden/)
 * (@dwinden)
 * [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/404-detection-blocks-google-bots/#post-6082203)
 * Or disable Blacklist Repeat Offender …
 * Or disable 404 Detection …
 * Or whitelist all current GoogleBot ip address ranges …
 * dwinden

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