MARK PILGRIM is something of a celebrity among internet buffs. He is acclaimed for his advocacy of web standards, books and a sometimes prickly manner. So it came as a shock to many when, on October ...

Back in the day, there was a difference between how Google responded to a 404 vs a 410 server header response code. 410s were faster and more permanent. It seems as if that may have recently changed.

In a recent webmaster help video, Google's Matt Cutts talks about the nuances of 404 vs. 410 status codes. While Google's crawlers treat 404s and 410s nearly identically, Cutts reveals that sometimes ...

Google’s head of search spam, Matt Cutts, posted a video today explaining the difference in how Google handles 404 and 410 error status codes. Both 404 and 410s are ...