Google’s "mark as fixed" doesn’t speed up reprocessing. Proper redirects and 404s are essential for site health. Reprocessing site changes can take time, especially for larger sites. Google's John ...

Soft 404s consume crawl budget and won’t be indexed. Google Search Console can help you identify soft 404s. Fixing soft 404s can improve crawl efficiency. Google clarifies that soft 404 pages consume ...

Maybe it stays soft-404 & gets crawled (not great, not terrible). Category redirect: URL doesn't get indexed. Potentially a short-term support for the category page, but still confusing to users. (If ...