How to redirects "Page Not Found - 404" Error? ~ Daily Blogger Tricks

At the start of our blogging career, we are full of ideas and stories to tell not thinking sometimes that it is not related anymore to the niche of our blog. Sooner or later we have added a lot of pages and at the same a lot of deleted pages that we thought not needed anymore. At some point, it can be hard to keep track of all the links that point to URLs that no longer exist, especially if there are a lot of links to your blog from other blogs and websites.

What is the Custom Redirects Features?

One solution to this problem is the Custom Redirects feature. It basically allows you to take an old URL, and point it to a new one.

For example:

Let’s say you have a recipe blog, and one of your most popular posts is about banana pancakes. A year or so later, you decide you only want your blog to be about gluten-free recipes, so you go through and delete all the posts with recipes involving gluten (including the popular recipe about banana pancakes). However, since your recipe was popular, other blogs or sites had links pointing to your post. After you remove the recipe, anyone trying to access the page receives a “Page Not Found - 404” error.

With Custom Redirects, you can enter the old URL that used to lead to the banana pancake post, and redirect it to another URL (perhaps the address of a recent post you wrote using gluten-free flour and milk).

How to make Custom Redirects?

To enter a Custom Redirect, go to Settings | Search Preferences and click Edit next to "Custom Redirects." Enter the old URL in the "Source" field, and the new URL in the "Destination" field. Click Save changes, and you’re done! To add more redirects, select New redirect.

"Page Not Found - 404" Error

This error is really comes along as blog changes over time, of course we can limit but it is hard to avoid because there is no such thing as perfect blog, right. The most important is we always try to do our best to share substantial information to our readers and visitors. - Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam