Clean Up Your 404 Errors

May 10th was National Clean Up Your Room Day, and to celebrate, you could clean your actual space. But we think it’s also a great reason to clean up your digital space, your website. When it comes to website clutter there’s one issue that is common to every website, 404 errors.

Broken links aren’t a severe website ailment, but they are a form of digital debris that can impact your website performance and user experience across channels.

A 404 (Page Not Found) error is a specific HTTP status code returned to user-agents like web browsers or search engine spiders. A 404 is returned when a server cannot find the specific URL that it’s being asked to serve to the browser. That’s the technical explanation, but for most everyday users, it means this dreaded screen:

404s in isolation can seem like no big deal, but their cumulative impact on a website can be significant. Business websites with pervasive 404 issues are almost certainly leaving money on the table and frustrating customers at the same time. In this post, we’ll review the 5 W’s of 404s and offer some tips for developing 404 clean-up plans.

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