{"id":353930,"date":"2021-10-16T16:00:51","date_gmt":"2021-10-16T13:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/what-is-a-404-error\/"},"modified":"2021-10-16T16:00:51","modified_gmt":"2021-10-16T13:00:51","slug":"what-is-a-404-error","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/what-is-a-404-error\/","title":{"rendered":"#What Is a 404 Error?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2d61cfcbd58\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2d61cfcbd58\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/what-is-a-404-error\/#The_Dreaded_404_Error_Defined\" >The Dreaded 404 Error Defined<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/what-is-a-404-error\/#Why_%E2%80%9C404%E2%80%9D\" >Why \u201c404?\u201d<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/what-is-a-404-error\/#Other_Common_Error_Messages\" >Other Common Error Messages<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/what-is-a-404-error\/#So_What_Now\" >So, What Now?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p><strong>&#8220;#What Is a 404 Error?&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<div>\n<figure style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"type:primaryImage wp-image-752739 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/How-To-Geek-404.jpg?width=398&amp;trim=1,1&amp;bg-color=000&amp;pad=1,1 400w, https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/How-To-Geek-404.jpg?width=1198&amp;trim=1,1&amp;bg-color=000&amp;pad=1,1 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, 400w, 1200w\" src=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/How-To-Geek-404.jpg?width=1198&amp;trim=1,1&amp;bg-color=000&amp;pad=1,1\" alt=\"How-To Geek 404 Mario Image\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" data-credittext=\"How-To Geek\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"type:primaryImage imagecredit\">How-To Geek<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>We\u2019ve all experienced a 404 error while browsing the web. Maybe even on How-To Geek! What exactly do the numbers in this error mean, and why the numbers 404 specifically? Here\u2019s why.<\/p>\n<h2 role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_Dreaded_404_Error_Defined\"><\/span>The Dreaded 404 Error Defined<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>404 is an error code that <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ears on websites. It means that a link is broken or does not lead to a valid page on a website. It\u2019s the thing all site owners hate to see on their website, which can mess up a user\u2019s online experience.\u00a0A user can stumble onto a 404 page in a variety of ways. Maybe they followed a link on the website itself that leads to a 404, or maybe they have a bookmark that leads to a dead-end. Sometimes, 404 links can also appear on other websites or via search engines.<\/p>\n<p>Because of how bad it is for the end-users experience, sites are discouraged from linking to many 404 pages. Some search engines explicitly penalize websites that contain a lot of broken links. Frequent incidences of users being redirected to 404 pages can lead to a website getting categorized as \u201clow-quality\u201d or \u201cuntrustworthy\u201d by Google\u2019s algorithms. Most content management systems (CMS) have features that attempt to minimize 404 redirects.<\/p>\n<p>Its prevalence on the internet has made it one of the most well-known errors in the history of the web. It\u2019s become a meme and slang term of its own. When you refer to someone as<br \/>\u201chaving a 404 error,\u201d it means they\u2019re slow to think or ignorant about a particular topic.<\/p>\n<h2 role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Why_%E2%80%9C404%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>Why \u201c404?\u201d<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>So why exactly is it 404? The first thing to realize is that there are other \u201cnumbers\u201d related to the status of loading a webpage. For example, when you\u2019re loading a regular webpage, it\u2019s a \u201c200 OK\u201d request, which means it loaded without any problems.<\/p>\n<p>Tim Berners-Lee, considered the father of the internet, established HTTP status codes during the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) in 1992. These codes, which are still in use today, are formatted in three-digit numbers. A code that starts with \u201c4\u201d means a client error, which means that the user requested a page that they cannot access.<\/p>\n<p>Here are a few standard codes that also start with 4 that you might recognize:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>400 Bad Request:\u00a0<\/strong>This normally pops up when there\u2019s an incorrect request made to the site.<\/li>\n<li><strong>401 Unauthorized \/ 403 Forbidden:\u00a0<\/strong>These appear when the user does not have the necessary permissions to access a page, such as a log-in or a digital authentication.<\/li>\n<li><strong>404 Not Found:\u00a0<\/strong>This shows up when the resource, or the page, does not seem to exist on the server.<\/li>\n<li><strong>408 Request Timeout:\u00a0<\/strong>This appears when the server timed out or hit its maximum time to load a page before the request finishes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>RELATED:<\/strong> <strong><em>What Is a 403 Forbidden Error (and How Can I Fix It)?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<h2 role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Other_Common_Error_Messages\"><\/span>Other Common Error Messages<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Aside from seeing \u201cHTTP 404\u201d or \u201c404 Not Found,\u201d you might also run into a few other error codes that convey the same thing. Common variants include \u201cPage Not Found\u201d or \u201cFile Not Found.\u201d Depending on which website you\u2019re browsing, you might also see messages like \u201cProduct not Found.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>One thing to note is that websites can customize what page a 404 hyperlink directs to, so many site owners design a custom 404 page. Some will tell you to contact the site\u2019s webmaster; others use it as an opportunity for the user to search for something else on the website. For example, How-to Geek\u2019s 404 page leads to a search bar and an image that reads, \u201cthe page is in another castle.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2 role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"So_What_Now\"><\/span>So, What Now?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>If you run into a page that has a 404 error, but you\u2019re sure it used to have content, there are a few things you can do. One is to check if the administrator moved that content somewhere else. Websites change their URL structures all the time, so it\u2019s possible that the link got recategorized or renamed. If the website does not have an internal search engine, you could do a site search on Google\u00a0by typing <code>site:websitename.com<\/code> to help you out.<\/p>\n<p>You could also use the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/web\/\">Wayback Machine<\/a>, a service provided by the Internet Archive. To use this service, copy-and-paste the URL of the page into their box. It will bring up a list of archived versions of that page from previous years, and you can check out any of them. While this doesn\u2019t always work, many websites have archived versions in this database.<\/p>\n<p>If none of these options seem to work, you might have to look for the content elsewhere or contact the site administrator. There\u2019s a good chance there\u2019s a Contact Us page somewhere on the site, so let them know they have a broken link.<\/p>\n<p>If none of the tips above work, you should check out our in-depth guide to fixing a 404 error.<\/p>\n<p><strong>RELATED:<\/strong> <strong><em>How to Fix a 404 Not Found Error<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n setTimeout(function(){\n  !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n  {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n  n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n  if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n  n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n  t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n  s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s) } (window, document,'script',\n  'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n   fbq('init', '335401813750447');\n   fbq('track', 'PageView');\n  },3000);\n<\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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