Resolved Nginx 410

[DHR]

Server operating system version

AlmaLinux 8.8 (Sapphire Caracal)

Plesk version and microupdate number

Plesk Obsidian 18.0.56,

Good morning,

I want to use Nginx additional directives to tell crawlers that a page no longer exists.

No solution found works!

Could anyone give me the exact syntax to use?

Thank you in advance for your help.

 

[Peter Debik]

If a file does not exist, the web server responds with a 404 not found error. This tells crawlers that the file does not exist. I am lost what extra directive you are seeking. Please let the community know more about it.

 

[DHR]

The 404 error indicates that the page no longer exists. We can redirect it.

I would like to indicate to the robots that this url no longer exists definitively and that it must be removed from the indexes. Isn’t that the point of error 410?

 

[Kaspar]

Googling for "Nginx directives block crawlers" give me this result, which seems useable:

Nginx Rule for Blocking Bad Bots

Some bots can be aggressive with their crawlers. It can negatively impact your visits and speed. Here's how to block them with a nginx rule.

reggiodigital.com

 

[DHR]

I don't think so because I don't want to block the robots but only indicate to Google that a page no longer exists.

 

[Peter Debik]

The ordinary error no. 404 indicates that to search engines. There is nothing special you need to do. Just let your webserver respond with a "not found". If you choose to redirect such cases to another page, you can still deliver the 404 not found, for example with
ErrorDocument 404 http://www.example.com/index.php
to your homepage in your .htaccess file. It will still respond with a 404 error code, but then show the homepage instead. Search engines will read the 404 error and know that the page no longer exists.

 

[DHR]

Of course, I'll do it like this.
Thank you for your help.
Good day