In an ideal world, you would never need a 404 error page. Links would never break, resources would stay in one place, and visitors would seamlessly navigate around your website by clicking on links. Despite best efforts, however, 404s still happen.
301 Redirect or “404 Error Pages”?
Google’s Gary Illyes answered a question about which is less worse to use, millions of 404 error pages or 301 redirects. Gary’s answer cleared the air about how to think about each status code. The question was simple: “What is less harmful: having millions of 404 error pages or millions of 301 redirects, where sold … Read more
