Google Webmaster Central Makes 404 More Useful
August 20th, 2008 by admin
Google Webmaster Central has added a new feature that aims to make website visitors’ encounter with the perennial problem and most dreaded 404 “Not found” page a more pleasant if not useful experience. Although there has been manual work-around to solve this problem, mostly by editing the 404 php pages and customizing it to direct users to other parts of a site, it has been a tedious process, until now.
The Webmaster Central has added a new feature called “Enhance 404 pages.” What it basically does is to allow webmasters embed a widget on their custom 404 pages. This widget suggests other URLs that users may wish to visit when they land on the 404 pages. (more…)
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