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Oddly, there has been lately a very significant increase of 404 errors detected in Google Console Insights for some website I run.

I checked Google Analytics for that website: the URLs that give the 404 errors are displayed in the 'Home' section, under the heading 'What pages do your users visit? '.

The numerous URLs that give the 404 errors are displayed as '/[object HTMLIFrameElement]' and '/[object Window]'

Here is a screenshot from the Google Analytics homepage:

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What does it mean? Is is a bot trying to reach non-existent pages?

#Update

Here is a screenshot of the table displayed in Google Analytics' Site Content:

table in Google Analytics' Site content

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  • I noticed it's HTMLi. Just wondering. Does "HTMLIFrameElement" stand for HTMLi FrameElement or HTML iFrame ELement? When I googled "'htmli' definition computer" there were several references to html injection.
    – Trebor
    Commented Nov 19, 2021 at 0:39
  • @Manube Do you have iframes or code that open windows (e.g., popups)? If so, it appears these might be returning 404 errors.
    – dan ♦
    Commented Nov 19, 2021 at 1:47
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    @Trebor: it is HTML iFrame ELement
    – Manube
    Commented Nov 19, 2021 at 12:15
  • @dan: there are some iframes, but they do not open new windows or popup. One of them is a third-party video, the other contains HTML, with a link to the main website
    – Manube
    Commented Nov 19, 2021 at 12:19
  • @Manube I did not mean that did both. Use the Live URL Test tool to see if there are any issues with those.
    – dan ♦
    Commented Nov 19, 2021 at 13:25

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