404 404 Not Found
The requested resource could not be found on the server.
When you'll see it
When nothing exists at the URL: a deleted or renamed page, a mistyped link, or a link from another site that was never right.
What to check
- Where the visitor came from. Fix your own internal links first.
- If the page moved, add a 301 to its new address.
- That the page really answers 404 and not 200 with a "not found" text, which is a soft 404.
- A few 404s are normal and don't harm a site. Only redirect those with traffic or links.
Example response
HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found
Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8SEO impact
Google removes 404 pages from the index. Excessive 404s do not hurt your whole site, but they waste crawl budget. Fix or redirect valuable URLs.
At a glance
| Status code | 404 |
| Group | 4xx Client Errors |
| Class | 4xx |