googlebot 404 in my log

[eluser]taber[/eluser]
Hi guys, love the codeigniter.

I modified my Log library to include user hostnames/IP's and saw a couple of 404 entries in my logs from googlebot.com for a URL that I'm using as a route.

Here's the line in my error log:

Code:

ERROR - (crawl-66-249-67-216.googlebot.com) 2010-03-20 20:09:06 --> 404 Page Not Found --> picture-of-the-day

And here's the line in routes.php:

Code:

$route['picture-of-the-day'] = "/potd";

My potd controller exists, and I can see it just fine while browsing my site. Any idea why it would be logged as a 404?

I tried to search but this was the only thing that seemed to be remotely related:

http://ellislab.com/forums/viewthread/98498/


Thanks a ton!
-Taber

[eluser]helmutbjorg[/eluser]
Not sure why you have a forward slash before the controller? Don't know if that causes any issues but the userguide suggests your route should look like:

Code:

$route['picture-of-the-day'] = "potd";

[eluser]taber[/eluser]
Thanks! I've made that change and the bot detection change in that link I posted. Hopefully one of those will do the trick.