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 ...

Google's John Mueller advises website owners on penalties, proper content practices, and HTTP status codes. Google does not penalize websites for 404 status codes. The difference between 404 and 410 ...

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 ...

Each time you visit a web page, a bureaucratic exchange takes place between your computer’s web browser and a distant web server. Your web browser (called the ...

Some commentary: "We cover the top 20 status codes that Googlebot encountered on the web, and the most prominent network and DNS errors." — Gary 鯨理／경리 Illyes (@methode) June 26, 2021 I feel like we've ...

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 ...

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 ...