How to track error 404 pages and broken links in Google Analytics

We had a series of posts on ‘Error 404 Page’. I thought of completing the series with a post on how to track error 404 pages and broken links in Google Analytics.

To track the error 404 pages in our site we will be using an advanced filter in Google analytics. Before we set up our advanced filter in Google analytics ensure Google analytics tracking code is present in the error page or you will not be able to track the required details. Make sure that title tags of error pages are consistent. For example in this case the title tag can be ‘Error 404 Page’. Read more...

ASP.NET 404 ERROR PAGE - How to Configure Error 404 Page in ASPX (.NET) for IIS Server?

My previous post explained about How to create Error 404 page in asp. This method will work out for all extensions except ASPX files. In ASPX (.NET) these files pass through special parser which instead outputs a .NET error. If we want the .NET application redirect to custom Error 404 page, We have to edit our web.config file in the root of the website. Read more...

How to Configure Error 404 Page in ASP for IIS Server?

Let us assume you have created an .asp file called error404page.asp, which is customized to handle HTTP 404 errors. When a visitor to your site tries to access a page that does not exist on your server, say a page called missedpage.asp, then the ASP file will be invoked as if the user had typed:
‘http://www.example.com/error404page.asp?404;http://www.example.com/missedpage.asp’ in the Web browser.

From the information with the above query string, "404;http://www.example.com/missedpage.asp", we can show the user the page they have requested, and send instant information to the administrator. Let us see how this can be done. Read more...

IIS Error Page - How to Configure Custom Error 404 Page in IIS Server

My previous posts on Error 404 page explained about What is Error 404 page and its benefits, 10 Tips to create Custom 404 error page, How to find and fix broken links using Google Webmaster tools and How to configure Error 404 page in Apache Server.

Now let us find how to configure Error 404 page in Microsoft IIS Server.

To configure IIS server, you should either be an Administrator of the web server or Have access to an IIS admin interface. Read more...

Error 404 Apache : How to configure Error 404 page in Apache Server

It is extremely easy to configure the Apache server to serve your customized error 404 page.As mentioned in my previous post, create an error404page.html page for your server to serve whenever the visitors looking for a page which does not exists.

In your server you can find httpd.conf file. Read more...

Broken Links : Find and Fix Broken Links using Google Webmaster Tools

In my previous posts I have explained about Error 404 page not found and tip to create Custom 404 Page. Among the reasons behind this error 404 page, it was explained about Back links and Internal Links.

Let us go through these points once again. “Back Links: Some of the back links to your site will be leading to your old URL’s which is no longer available. You can request the website owners to correct the URL linked to your site. Read more...

Custom Error 404 Page : 10 Tips To Create Custom Error 404 Page

• Create a custom error 404 page with the same look and feel with the navigation links as the rest of your site.
• Write the error message in plain language which can be understandable to even a non-technical user. Use friendly and apologetic language.
• Your custom error 404 page should list the most common errors in accessing the files on the site.

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Error 404 Page: What is Error 404 Page?

Whenever the visitor to your site asks for a page that is not available on your site, the Error 404 "Page not found" message will be displayed. The 404 or Page Not Found error message is a HTTP standard response code which indicates that the visitor was able to communicate with the server but the server could not find the page which was requested. Read more...