Thread: Page not found

Hi guys
I must insert in a html site a htaccess file that create a redirect 301 to
the site home page for every page that gives error 404 (Page not found), but
without affecting the single redirect 301 already present in the file
htaccess regarding other subpage moved and renamed in the past.

The purpose of all of this is not losing the google page rank that can be
passed trough every bad written back link .

What do I write in the htaccess file to do this? Do I have to write it
before or after the existing rules?

Usually I have only one or two error 404 for months to redirect: I wouldn't have to have a penalty for duplicate pages, isn't it?

Thank you

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Simply put this line in your .htaccess file.

ErrorDocument 404 /index.html

Change the /index.html part to match your homepage.

but you lose the google pagerank?
thanks

Im not sure about that but I doubt you will lose page rank...

Originally Posted by Wilky

but you lose the google pagerank?
thanks

With the code I gave yes you would loose PR. If you know the pages that does not exist, you can do 301 redirect for them as well. I don't know of a solution that will do a 301 redirect on all 404.

But if you get like only 2 or so 404 in a month or so its not really a big deal, I would not worry about it. Rather I would say work on content and link building.

If you are using CPANEL they offer a 404 error page maker that is very effective and does not let you lose PR tooooo..

Originally Posted by Wilky

but you lose the google pagerank?
thanks

Why you so worry about PageRank of the web page?

Your PR will not give anything to you buddy...Check your rankings.

Originally Posted by mit

Why you so worry about PageRank of the web page?

Your PR will not give anything to you buddy...Check your rankings.

I think PR is beneficial for link sales and nothing else but every webmaster needs $$$ even from there site so PR is beneficial...

Originally Posted by mit

Why you so worry about PageRank of the web page?

Your PR will not give anything to you buddy...Check your rankings.

a high pr, not bad ...

Originally Posted by $~kRaTeS~$

I think PR is beneficial for link sales and nothing else but every webmaster needs $$$ even from there site so PR is beneficial...

My brother Google can penalized you for buy / sell links. Don't you aware about it I think?

Originally Posted by mit

My brother Google can penalized you for buy / sell links. Don't you aware about it I think?

lol in my link selling history .. i never got penalized by google nor any friend of mine.. it is just a matter of bad luck if they come to know about you buying link

oh then you lucky man buddy! but be aware in selling / buying links. It's not so easy to handle.

Originally Posted by mit

oh then you lucky man buddy! but be aware in selling / buying links. It's not so easy to handle.

i know ... But really i can't even think about any script from which google can judge that it is a link exchange or a paid link lol ...

Hi..
I think you should check out your HTML part or may be you can solve your problem by checking it on any PHP related sites so it may helpful to you solve that problem... or may be check out on Apache path in local drive... Thanks for sharing the post....

Just set your own error pages. custmize them or use control panel based error pages.