What are HTTP Status Codes?
HTTP codes (200, 301, 404, 500) indicate the result of a request between browser and server.
Important codes for SEO
- ●200: OK (page works)
- ●301: Permanent redirect
- ●302: Temporary redirect
- ●404: Page not found
- ●410: Page permanently deleted
- ●500: Server error
- ●503: Service unavailable
SEO Impact
Understanding HTTP codes is essential for diagnosing crawl and indexation issues.
Related Terms
What is a Robots.txt File?
The robots.txt file tells search engines which pages of your site they can or cannot crawl.
What is a Meta Description?
The meta description is a short HTML summary that appears below the title in Google search results.
What is the Title Tag?
The title tag is the most important HTML element for SEO. It's the blue clickable title in Google.
What is a Canonical Tag?
The canonical tag tells Google which is the preferred version of a page when duplicate content exists.
What is Hreflang?
Hreflang is an HTML attribute that tells Google the language and region a page targets for multilingual sites.
What is X-Default Hreflang?
X-default is a special hreflang value that designates the default page for users whose language isn't specifically targeted.