Needing a 410 Done Code

  • Resolved Pop VeKind

    (@popvekind)


    4 years, 7 months ago

    Will you add the HTTP code 410 Done?

    The Syntax of a 404 Not Found and a 410 Done are identical.

    The difference is that 410 Done removes the URL from the crawl list ASAP and Google will not recrawl the URL unless it finds another link to it.

    This is useful for removing 404’s from Google Search Console. Just set the URL to 410 till you see the Search Console switch from 404 to 410. Then remove the 410 and both 410 and 404 will be gone (provided you got rid of all links to the page).

    Likewise, when you delete a 301 because you don’t need it anymore, throw a 410 till you see it in the Search Console, then delete it. Otherwise, the Search Console will give you a 404 for a long time (maybe measured in years!).

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  • I’m not related to this plugin, but, as I recall, the meaning of 410 is “Gone”, meaning that there used to be a page here before, but now it’s not here (and it won’t be here in the future neither).

    Thread Starter Pop VeKind

    (@popvekind)

    @tobifjellner – CORRECT!

    That is NOW what makes 410 Gone so powerful now that Google uses it correctly, NOW!

    Before Google behaved like this: 410 = 404. In other words leave the URL on the crawl list, retest for a while and after some time (reportedly up to a year), remove the bad URL from the index.

    The new behavior for 410 is… ASAP remove from the Index. ASAP remove from crawl list. Do NOT recrawl the bad URL unless a link is discovered too that bad URL. This makes 410 Gone a powerful Webmaster tool. So powerful that Yoast has added 410 Gone to their Pro version. Not using 410 Gone can negatively affect your site ranking.

    This is why I ask the developer to add 410 Gone to this product.

    The Github issue for this topic: https://github.com/10up/safe-redirect-manager/issues/205. Thank @popvekind for creating the issue. Github is the main channel for this plugin development, so let’s discuss there : )

    Thread Starter Pop VeKind

    (@popvekind)

    Thanks Tung @dinhtungdu

    I found the Github page and opened that issue after I had posted here. I will monitor it there.

    Apologies to anyone who was confused by the “410 Done” in the original post. Of course, it should be “410 Gone”. Maybe I could blame my spell checker, but it is likely my age, poor spelling, or bad typing. Or should I blame it on my great-grandchildren? Anyway thanks for being patient with me.

    I hope we can add the 404 Gone and improve the Safe Redirect Manager Plugin at Github.

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