The infamous 404 error is your way of telling browsers and spiders that a page no longer exists. Because a search engine will remove any page that 404s from the index, you need to make sure that your 404 scripts are not misbehaving. A faulty 404 script is a sure fire way of getting your site removed from Google.
Does a spider follow links on a 404 page?
I have been reading an article by Lisa Barone (bruceclay.com[1]) on
nice 404 pages[2]. This interested me as I have only just got around
to improving my own 404 page[3].
I agree with the concept of the article - a nice 404 page is your
last chance to save a lost visitor. Nothing is less attractive than a
default browser page saying the page does not exist.
Lisa suggests the following items...
> articles/89/does-a-spider-follow-links-on-a-404-page/
