Google’s Crawling System for 404 and 410 Status Codes

You all encounter many critical as well as trivial errors while dealing with websites and web pages. Loading errors, page not displaying errors, image loading errors etc are all part of it. But, little do we know what these errors, 404 and 410 implies and if Google treats them differently or not.

404 error

404 versus 410 refer to an HTTP status code. Usually, when users look for a page, Google sends back a status code to the browser about the page; for example: 200 HTTP response code for a perfect running page, 404 HTTP code if a page is not found and 410 HTTP code if a page is completely and permanently removed and has less chance to appear again.
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Guidelines to Rectify Your 404 error page!!

The most annoying thing that a web browser usually experiences is the tag line “404 error page” or “Page Not Found”. This makes the visitor to lose interest in the respective site and consequences may not say beneficial for any growing business. This problem occurs when a link is clicked that does not exist. A visitor sees “404 error page” when he tries to access a non existing page on the website. A 404 error page can appear when the page is moved or deleted, or the link is broken. There are three basic steps by which you can transform 404 error page problems into a business opportunity.

404 Error

• Do not create a visual disconnect same local field as rest of the website, including the navigation. Let the visitor know what actually happen.
• Avoid the use of technical language, it makes the visitor flabbergasted.
• Guide the visitor to the website linked to most popular contents including search box.
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[Source: http://cualidosoft.wordpress.com/2014/02/26/guidelines-to-rectify-your-404-error-page/]