What is 404 Not Found Error? How to Fix?

404 Not Found Error is one of the errors we come across a lot on websites. It is not the same as the "Server Not Found" error as it seems. The 404 Not Found error is the error that people who visit your site receive as a result of not being able to reach the relevant page on your website.

404 errors are incorrect pages that appear when you browse available sites on the internet or click on search results. To explain briefly, the file of the link has been deleted or deleted from the site's server and there is no such page anymore.

So What Causes 404 Error?

You may have typed a wrong URL.
If the URL of the content or product has been changed.
The searched page may have been unpublished.
Incorrect link redirects may have been made.

You may have typed a wrong URL.

Check the URL you typed. Do not use Turkish characters while writing the URL.

If the URL of the content or product has been changed.

Sample :

While https://www.webinggo.com/categories-e-commerce-packages

If a change has been made in the form of https://www.webinggo.com/categories-e-trade-packet-cesitleri.

What needs to be done here is to make a 301 redirect from the 1st url to the 2nd url. Thus, you will not experience any loss in SEO. Deletion or complete removal of the page or product from the site. It is a virus or malicious software or program that infects your internet browser and corrupts your browser's settings.

Ranking results may be adversely affected for a site that receives a 404 error. Users entering your website as a result of this error are highly likely to leave your site. As a result, it can increase your bounce rate and cause ranking losses.

The searched page may have been unpublished.

In particular, it is important that the product pages of e-commerce sites that give a 404 not found warning are directed to different products that may be of interest to the users, which will enable the users to continue shopping.

You can see 404 error pages and take precautions with the Search Console tool, where you can access a lot of information on your website and analyze it.

Google Search Console finds and shows you 404 errors on your site in the "URL Errors" tab in its tool. By optimizing this list, you will minimize all your mistakes. You will also give your visitors a good user experience.