"Blocked due to other 4xx issue": what it means and how to fix it

What it means

Google asked for the page and got an error such as 410 Gone or 429 Too Many Requests.

Common causes

• Your server tells Google 429 because it asks too often.
• The page was removed with 410 Gone.

How to fix it

• If your server limits Google, raise the limit for verified Google crawlers.
• If the page is gone, take it out of your sitemap.

How to find these pages

In Search Console, open Indexing > Pages and click the "Blocked due to other 4xx issue" row. Search Console shows up to 1,000 example pages. CrawlCoach checks up to 50,000 pages per site and sorts them by reason, so you know which pages to fix first.