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Enhanced Custom 404 error pages using Google Webmaster Tools

Posted by Xight • 12/12/08 • Subscribe to this Discussion [RSS] • Report This Topic
Topics: blogging tip, custom 404 page, google 404 pages

Nice tool I found today when I was browsing through Google Webmaster Tools.
I'd post this on my site, but its a little off topic so I'll post it here, and some blogging tip blog can go post it on their blogs.

This is using Google's Webmaster Tools account (free)
www.google.com/webmasters/tools/

This Javascript from Google will enhance your 404 pages, by helping a visitor get to the right page if they mistyped it.
Google's short instructions to getting the widget installed.
www.google.com/support/webmasters/bin/answer.py?answer=93644
(really simple all you do is sign up for a Google Webmaster Tools account for free, and copy/paste the 404 javascript code into your 404 page template)

For example on my site my Warhammer tactics guide gets mistyped a bunch for some odd reason.

correct link:
moneyne.ws/2008/09/28/warhammer-online-tome-tactics-guide/

incorrect link:
moneyne.ws/2008/09/28/warhammer-online-tome-tactics-guidde/ (two dds in guide).

The later gets taken to a 404 page, but with a link pointing to the right page, or a google search bar to help them search what they were looking for on the site.

I thought it was useful enough to add to my site, and I apologize if this has been posted before. I did a search, but didn't find anything recent about this particular item.

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  1. timethief
    12/12/08
    timethief
    Thanks for posting this useful information.
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    1. weblogian
      12/12/08
      weblogian
      TT can you show me ur 404 page?
    2. Xight
      12/12/08
      Xight
      Omg what's become of me, I'm posting useful information instead of hitting on cute avatars, and posting sarcastic comments =P.

      *switches to Joey from Friend's voice/demeaner* So umm hey TT, How YOU doing?
  2. PetLvr
    12/12/08
    PetLvr
    I tried that on my PetLvr and it didn't work too well .. but, it's nice to get me back to the webmaster tools .. I'm showing tons of errors - from the www. to the without www error message, since I upgraded the dedicated server over the summer .. wwhooooopsie
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