Soft 404

Noun

Definitions

1.NounA 404 page (the result of trying to follow a broken link within a website) which reports a 200 OK HTTP response code rather than 404 Not Found, falsely indicating to the browser that the page exists and was loaded correctly.

Synonyms

404 page soft redirect hard redirect dead link deadlink web page www page splash page site bounceback splash screen page

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