Comments on: The importance of a 404 status code on your 404 page http://www.malcolmcoles.co.uk/blog/importance-of-404-code-on-your-404-page/ Where to find Malcolm Coles, reviews, and tips on how to do things I couldn't do. Mon, 25 Mar 2013 16:22:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Taking Care of Broken Links | Blogging Ministry http://www.malcolmcoles.co.uk/blog/importance-of-404-code-on-your-404-page/#comment-4902 Taking Care of Broken Links | Blogging Ministry Tue, 29 Sep 2009 14:06:26 +0000 http://www.malcolmcoles.co.uk/blog/?p=2097#comment-4902 [...] The importance of a 404 status code on your 404 page (malcolmcoles.co.uk) [...] [...] The importance of a 404 status code on your 404 page (malcolmcoles.co.uk) [...]

]]> By: Nick Bond http://www.malcolmcoles.co.uk/blog/importance-of-404-code-on-your-404-page/#comment-3752 Nick Bond Thu, 30 Jul 2009 14:32:03 +0000 http://www.malcolmcoles.co.uk/blog/?p=2097#comment-3752 Hi Malcolm, I just found your blog. Nice work! This post and the one regarding 9 sites who don't catch their site.com traffic as well as www.site.com traffic caught my eye. These are exactly the types of things that can be simply fixed, if you have an Application Delivery Controller (ADC) sitting in front of your site. Most organisations have load balancing, but need to move up to ADCs, so they can quickly fix these (and more complex problems) as they crop up. Hi Malcolm, I just found your blog. Nice work!

This post and the one regarding 9 sites who don't catch their site.com traffic as well as http://www.site.com traffic caught my eye.

These are exactly the types of things that can be simply fixed, if you have an Application Delivery Controller (ADC) sitting in front of your site. Most organisations have load balancing, but need to move up to ADCs, so they can quickly fix these (and more complex problems) as they crop up.

]]> By: Malcolm Coles http://www.malcolmcoles.co.uk/blog/importance-of-404-code-on-your-404-page/#comment-3656 Malcolm Coles Thu, 23 Jul 2009 13:48:25 +0000 http://www.malcolmcoles.co.uk/blog/?p=2097#comment-3656 I wonder if they've ever actually typed abce into google. Maybe they just type abc and don't realise they've got two identical sites ... I wonder if they've ever actually typed abce into google. Maybe they just type abc and don't realise they've got two identical sites ...

]]> By: Malcolm Coles http://www.malcolmcoles.co.uk/blog/importance-of-404-code-on-your-404-page/#comment-3655 Malcolm Coles Thu, 23 Jul 2009 13:43:26 +0000 http://www.malcolmcoles.co.uk/blog/?p=2097#comment-3655 Let's hope they stop by to realise that! Let's hope they stop by to realise that!

]]> By: Craig Parker http://www.malcolmcoles.co.uk/blog/importance-of-404-code-on-your-404-page/#comment-3654 Craig Parker Thu, 23 Jul 2009 13:42:00 +0000 http://www.malcolmcoles.co.uk/blog/?p=2097#comment-3654 This is a pet hate of mine, so many people neglect to return the correct status codes because of misguided SEO advice from people who don't know what they are doing. Managing redirects and error codes is part of an SEO's job and if you're not doing it your failing in part of your role. Just like it wouldn't be acceptable for a designer to leave your footer unfinished. Half of its stems from poor advice on htaccess syntax, obviously not in this case but in general :) This is a pet hate of mine, so many people neglect to return the correct status codes because of misguided SEO advice from people who don't know what they are doing.

Managing redirects and error codes is part of an SEO's job and if you're not doing it your failing in part of your role. Just like it wouldn't be acceptable for a designer to leave your footer unfinished.

Half of its stems from poor advice on htaccess syntax, obviously not in this case but in general :)

]]> By: Christian Schenk http://www.malcolmcoles.co.uk/blog/importance-of-404-code-on-your-404-page/#comment-3653 Christian Schenk Thu, 23 Jul 2009 13:40:10 +0000 http://www.malcolmcoles.co.uk/blog/?p=2097#comment-3653 This should be super easy to fix, even if you're using ASP ;) This should be super easy to fix, even if you're using ASP ;)

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