404, 301, 500… No, these aren’t just random digits. They indicate how your website performs and how search engines like Google view and rank your website. Below, I’ll break down the most common HTTP ...

HTTP is the standard protocol defining how information passes between your visitor’s browser and the server hosting your site and HTTP status codes are your handy way of knowing exactly what is ...

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Matt Cutts on How Google Handles 404 & 410 Status Codes 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 ...

On Friday, Lizzi Sassman from Google updated the crawl budget management help document with two more topics. Specifically, Google added two new myths to the crawl budget documentation. (1) Google ...

Google says it is best not to use a 403 server status code and if you are, to switch it to use a 404 server status code instead. Google's John Mueller said on Twitter that a 403 is "weird" but it ...

Even non-developers are familiar with the 404 – Not Found status code. Some Web application users may have been exposed to more arcane (and sometimes scary) messages like 500 – Internal Server Error, ...

One of the most important assessments in any SEO audit is determining what hypertext transfer protocol status codes (or HTTP Status Codes) exist on a website. These codes can become complex, often ...

Google has published a new help document explaining how different HTTP status codes affect how a site appears in search results. A recent tweet suggests Google’s Gary Illyes had a hand in putting this ...

Google’s head of search spam, Matt Cutts, posted a video today explaining the difference in how Google handles 404 and 410 error status codes. Both 404 and 410s are ...