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404 ideal handling

ganeshgrowth

10:43 am on Jul 24, 2009 (gmt 0)

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What is the ideal way of handling a 404 error. What are the best practices?

phranque

11:21 am on Jul 24, 2009 (gmt 0)

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make sure the http response header includes a 404 Not Found response code!

almost a year ago was 404 week on the GWT blog:
Official Google Webmaster Central Blog: It's 404 week at Webmaster Central [googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com]
Official Google Webmaster Central Blog: Farewell to soft 404s [googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com]
Official Google Webmaster Central Blog: More on 404 [googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com]
Make your 404 pages more useful [googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com]

phranque

3:34 pm on Jul 24, 2009 (gmt 0)

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