: Can 301 redirects to homepage solve 404 errors in Google Search Console? I have a site with a few hundred 404s. I am sure there are no relevant pages to redirect users to so I want to redirect

@Jamie184

Will redirecting to homepage be a good strategy than displaying a 404?


Probably not. Mass redirections to the homepage are likely to be seen as a soft-404s by the search engines (ie. Google) anyway. And it's confusing for users - they are not seeing the information they expected to see and no indication that something is wrong.

You are better off serving a custom 404 with a meaningful message to your users.

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