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denniemark
05-28-2012, 08:00 AM
Actually, Recently I have noticed that google webmaster shows two terms, 404 errors and soft 404 errors. I have seen lots soft 404 error in my google webmasters account. Can somebody tell me the difference between 404 and soft 404 errors?

watson123
05-29-2012, 01:08 AM
404 error page does not give much information to the visitors about the reason for error and how to proceed further. Hence a custom 404 error page is required to clearly describe the reason for '404 Error Message' and additional information like user may have typed a wrong URL or the specified resource has been moved or renamed.

Amy.Sarin
05-30-2012, 06:39 AM
It's not totally new - although this particular method of reporting may be.

Soft 404 is redirecting non-existing URL to a URL that returns HTTP status 200 (OK), so the resulting HTTP status is 200 (OK),
while a correct 404 is returning for non-existing URLs resulting HTTP status 404 (Not Found).

salma98210
05-30-2012, 01:53 PM
i think the error of the 404 error in my google webmasters account. and the error of the 404 soft err er what is that

sabrinasai
05-31-2012, 12:18 AM
Soft 404 is redirecting non-existing URL to a URL that returns HTTP status 200 (OK), so the resulting HTTP status is 200 (OK),
while a correct 404 is returning for non-existing URLs resulting HTTP status 404 (Not Found).
(by resulting HTTP status I mean direct status of a URL, or status of a URL after redirect).

denniemark
06-06-2012, 04:24 AM
It's not totally new - although this particular method of reporting may be.

Soft 404 is redirecting non-existing URL to a URL that returns HTTP status 200 (OK), so the resulting HTTP status is 200 (OK),
while a correct 404 is returning for non-existing URLs resulting HTTP status 404 (Not Found).

But i have redirected more than 50 URL, only 12 urls showed soft-404-error. why..?