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Redirecting 404 pages to homepage

         

nestman

10:59 pm on Jan 27, 2016 (gmt 0)

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Is it a bad thing to redirect all 404 pages to the homepage?

Thank you.

lucy24

11:56 pm on Jan 27, 2016 (gmt 0)

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In a word: YES.

(I saw the subject line and instantly responded: Nooooo!)

localfame

12:54 pm on Jan 29, 2016 (gmt 0)

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404 page should stay 404 page. In this way you let search engines know that this URL doesn't exist, making it easier for them to crawl your website and easier for you to fix all broken links, if present.

nestman

7:57 pm on Feb 2, 2016 (gmt 0)

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Thank you. I have made the change in my .htaccess file.