How To Turn 404 Page Not Found into Useful Page
I noticed that many bloggers are ignoring the Page Not Found message or HTTP 404 error pages
What is a HTTP 404 error?
Taken from wikipedia.
The 404 or Not Found error message is a HTTP standard response code indicating that the client was able to communicate with the server but either the server could not find what was requested or it was configured not to fulfill the request and not reveal the reason why.
The reasons 404 occurred could be:
- the page has been removed or doesn’t exist anymore
- broken link or out-dated link
- maybe a temporary technical glitch
A simple test on many WordPress blogs, found that many blog owners just ignoring the important 404 pages.
Potentially, you’re losing all 404 incoming random visitors. Over the times, you’re losing lots of traffic too.
Most reader will not make an effort to find a missing pages if they see a 404. By simply customize the 404 error page, you can keep them on your blog.
So, how would you turn your random traffic into regular readers?
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