Sunday, August 18, 2019

website design - what's the point of a 404 page?



In my website, if a user accesses an invalid URL, they are shown a custom 404 page. But now I'm questioning the value of this? It would be very easy for me to (instead of showing a 404 page) redirect them back to the home page and display an error message saying something like:



the page you requested could not be found




is this a better approach from the POV of usability?




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