Paul Morris

I mentioned in a post many moons ago on 404 error pages of the ‘stuff’ you need to include on your 404 error pages (links to relevant pages, a sitemap, an apology for the error, an education as to why the individual finds themself there in the first place, a prominent search box, a prominent link to your homepage, no mention of the term ‘404 page error’ as what normal well rounded individual knows what one of those is?!).

The following 404 error pages follow the same theme as my own i.e. they break convention, are funny/ beautiful and have been created, in part, to aid SEO (inbound links and site stickiness).

Well here goes then; My top 18 404 error pages:

Breaks every 404 page error rule (http://homestarrunner.com/404)…

Lost in space (http://abduzeedo.com/404)…

Bird down (http://fryewiles.com/templateserrors/404.html)…

A hunt ensues for the right page (http://www.chrisglass.com/404)…

Geek-ville (http://www.limpfish.com/404)…

One of my favourites (http://www.dawdle.com/error_page.php)…

Poor chap (http://www.d20srd.org/404-not-found)…

Everybody loves a flow diagram (http://www.nextwaveperformance.com/404)…

My very own 404 …

One of my favourites – just go and interact! (http://www.bluedaniel.com/404.shtml)…

Gorgeous Japanese inspired Ninja 404 stealth (http://huwshimi.com/404/)…

Everyone loves a rainbow  (http://blippy.com/404)…

istock (you would expect/ hope for a good one from istock though) (http://www.istockphoto.com/404-error)…

An old skool 2002 weapons of mass destruction 404 (http://www.coxar.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/)…

Cute Lego

Whilst I do not agree with his political stance; Herman Cain’s (hermancain.com) team created a nice one against Obama

A rare use of gaming with this Pac Man (yes you can actually play PacMan!) 404 – http://www.bluefountainmedia.com/404/

Let’s finish on a large, rare and nice/ mental use of video – http://www.nosh.com/cooooool404