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403 error shows instead the 404 errorPosts in the Maian Events forum by SayWhatAgain

SayWhatAgain
28-11-2020 11:52:34

Hi all,

What happens:
When you mistype an URL of an event in Maian Events you get a 403 error, not a 404 error because it's a not found.

This doesn't happen if a folder of Maian Events is mistyped (or doesn't exist), the 404 error shows as intended.

Proof of concept:
https://www.maiansoftware.com/demos/mevents/?e=16667

This event doesn't exist but it shows a 403 error instead the 404 error.

Why it should be fixed?:
In these pandemic days, there are a lot of cancelling events and for Google:

Access denied errors often take the form of a 403 Forbidden response code. When Google returns this error it generally means that the websiteâ€™s server or host is blocking Googlebotâ€™s access.
These errors are bad for SEO because the search engines canâ€™t crawl that page. If the error isnâ€™t fixed after a certain period of time Google may just de-index the page entirely.

Thanks for your work!

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