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OTOH, they could be used as failsafes. If a normal link dies, tinyurl or whatever could go to a page that says, "This link seems to be missing. Do you know w
by mynameishere 17y ago
OTOH, they could be used as failsafes. If a normal link dies, tinyurl or whatever could go to a page that says,
"This link seems to be missing. Do you know where it moved to?" The responses could be published as long as the 404 continue. I have to think someone has already thought of this.
- martey 17y agoIf the link is missing, the author/website admin should use a 301 code, not 404. See http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec10.html#sec10.3.2 http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec10.html#sec10...
- jacobolus 17y agoThat doesn't work so well if the server/author/company goes away altogether.
- mynameishere 17y ago"should"