Google’s John Mueller answered an interesting question about what actually happens after clicking the “validate a fix” link in Search Console if the 404 status still exists. John Mueller explained ...

From time to time the question as to how Google handles 404 and 410 error codes comes up. So it’s good to understand the differences. Google’s John Mueller ...

In a recent webmaster help video, Google's Matt Cutts talks about the nuances of 404 vs. 410 status codes. While Google's crawlers treat 404s and 410s nearly identically, Cutts reveals that sometimes ...

Everyone recommends that you set up custom 404/410 pages, so that if someone lands on the page, they have somewhere else to navigate towards when looking for something. There is nothing worse than ...

In October, we reported that Google treats a 410 stronger than a 404 status code. I am not sure exactly when Google made the 410 status code that important, but I believe it was sometime in October. A ...