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Description
App returns "soft 404" errors for missing pages. A soft 404 is a URL that returns a page telling the user that the page does not exist and also a 200 (success) status code. It returns a page with little content, namely a menu bar, and items.
Returning a success status code rather than 404 (not found) is a bad practice. A success status code tells search engines that there's a real page at that URL. As a result, the page may be listed in search results, and search engines will continue trying to crawl that non-existent URL instead of spending time crawling real pages.
Return a 404 (not found) or 410 (home) response (status) for the page. These status codes indicate to search engines that the page doesn't exist and the content should not be indexed
Make these error pages useful to users by customizing them, custom 404 page should help people find the information they're looking for
Tell visitors clearly that the page they're looking for can't be found
Make sure the 404 page has the same look and feel (including navigation) as the rest of the app
Description
App returns "soft 404" errors for missing pages. A soft 404 is a URL that returns a page telling the user that the page does not exist and also a 200 (success) status code. It returns a page with little content, namely a menu bar, and items.
Returning a success status code rather than 404 (not found) is a bad practice. A success status code tells search engines that there's a real page at that URL. As a result, the page may be listed in search results, and search engines will continue trying to crawl that non-existent URL instead of spending time crawling real pages.
https://app.moneytracker.cc/broken/url returns following page:
![soft 404](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/44360754/149819897-9e7580b5-8bff-4ff3-8e57-9614e39fe0af.png)
Steps to reproduce
Fix ideas
Reference
https://developers.google.com/search/docs/advanced/crawling/soft-404-errors?visit_id=637772503729817225-2301542019&rd=1
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