Soft 404 for missing pages Error

Description

This site returns “soft 404” errors for missing pages, which means a success status code is returned for non-existent pages. This means some broken links cannot be detected on this site.

Help

Ensure the 404 handler for this site returns HTTP status code 404 for non-existent pages.

Applicable standards

• Server Configuration

Change history

• 4.6 Feb 2012 Don’t fire if non-existent pages return 500 Server Error.
• 2.0 Dec 2007 Added.

This page describes a web site issue detected by SortSite Desktop and OnDemand Suite.

Rule ID: ErrHttpBroken404Handler