Add Custom 404 Error Page Not Found Message to Blogger Blog

What is HTTP 404 Error?

The 404 or page not found is a stand error message that indicates server was not able to get the requested data or page from server. The web hosting server sends the "404 Not Found" response message when the requested web page not available from that server. It may occur by broken link or user typed a wrong URL in the address bar or web page not web available from that server. 

Tips for Solve 404 Page Not Found Issue:

You can easily solve 404 page not found error by using 303 permanent redirection method. Since if you don't update any unavailable pages in your web directory then search engines will clear the cached data's from your domain and it will affect your site rankings and search results page. So update it your 404 pages in your website as soon as possible.

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How to Track Your Blogger 404 Pages?

You can easily find the 404 error pages that crawled by the Google in webmaster tool. Just goto "Google Web Master Tools" and get the 404 pages list and fix for your website or blogger blog.

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Add Custom 404 Error Page Not Found Message in Blog

This tutorial helps you to create or add a simple 404 error message to your blog. If you want to add or create a professional 404 page not found message to your blogger follow the steps given below,

Step1: Login your blogger account.

Step2: Goto Dashboard > Settings > Search preferences

Step3: Select "Custom Page Not Found" Option and add the following code,

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">404 Page Not Found</span></span><br />
<span style="color: purple;"><br /></span>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-H6hbGHLE4eI/U1dq0jrhRpI/AAAAAAAAAFk/PqauRpRoC74/s1600/404-page-not-found-error.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="404 Page Not Found" border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-H6hbGHLE4eI/U1dq0jrhRpI/AAAAAAAAAFk/PqauRpRoC74/s1600/404-page-not-found-error.jpg" title="404 Page Not Found" /></a></div>
<br />
<div style="text-align: right;">
<span style="font-size: large;">Goto <a href="http://dinetricks.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Homepage</a></span></div>
</div>
<br /></div>

Before saving your blogger template just  update your blog home page instead of "dinetricks.blogspot.com" Just save your template and view your updated 404 page not found custom error message page. 

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