Redirects and missing pages

Redirects

When a page moves or is deleted, people may still arrive at its old address from Google or old links. In Settings > Redirects:

• Add a redirect from the old address (such as /old-page/) to the new one.
• It also lists addresses people tried that don’t exist, with Add redirect beside each, so you can catch broken links.

Changing a published page’s address adds a redirect for you automatically.

When a page isn’t found

Someone who follows a broken link sees a “page not found” page. To make your own:

1. Make an ordinary page (for example “Sorry, we couldn’t find that”) with a friendly message, a search box and links to your main pages. Publish it.
2. In Settings > General, choose it as the Not found page, then Save settings.

Search engines don’t list it. To go back to the standard one, set Not found page to Default.