Examples of 404 Error Pages

If you want to set up a 404 error page, you will need to provide lots of basic elements. The ultimate aim is to keep users coming back to your website. Let's see some creative ways to keep the audience intact in spite of the 404 errors.

  • Refer to the home page
  • Refer users to the other categories and the homepage
  • Provide a search function
  • Offer an alternative option for interaction.

Keeping users on your website despite the 404 errors requires creativity. For now, Google does not have such a creative way to keep site visitors with their 404 error pages.

Conclusion

As a website owner, you should strive to keep the rate of your site's 404 errors to the minimum due to its negative impact on both users and the Google search engine.

Though it has negative impacts on your site, users can be cushioned with creative 404 error pages. When you offer navigation for users to check other parts of your website for some particular content, there are high chances that such users won't leave your site in a hurry.



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TitaWorks Premium
Really helpful, Israel....thank you!

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Israel17 Premium
Much welcome, Netta! Glad you found this tutorial helpful! Once you're done fixing the 404 errors on your site, you should start seeing an improvement in your ranking and traffic.

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lesabre Premium
Hi Israel, thank you for the lesson.

Best wishes,
Michael
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Israel17 Premium
Hey Michael, thanks for reading my SEO tutorial on 404 errors! It's been a major source of predicament on the part of most website owners that are contending for the first-page ranking. Thanks for stopping by!

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lesabre Premium
Got you bookmarked Israel.

Thanks again,
Michael
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Israel17 Premium
Thanks so greatly for bookmarking this page, Michael! Much appreciated!

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chrisvs Premium
Thanks for you post on this Israel. I will need to practice more on this as in Wordpress 404's are easy to accumulate.
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Israel17 Premium
Good to know, Chris! We easily and quickly generate lots of 404 errors and these can potentially threaten our ranking progress. The best ways to fix these errors are quite blended in this training. Thanks for stopping by!

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KenGuest Premium
That happens to me periodically. Thanks for the tips Israel
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Israel17 Premium
Oh yes, KenGuest! Error 404 occurs frequently when you edit your slug, change your URL structuring, or delete a post that has once been published on the web due to a myriad of reasons. This training suggests a good fix for such errors and makes a way for improving search rankings in no time. Thanks for your visit!

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