This report displays the top status codes returned by your web server.
Drill down on a specific status code to view the pages which returned the selected status code.
HTTP response status codes are returned whenever search engines or website visitors make a request to a web server. These three-digit codes indicate the response and status of HTTP requests.
Status codes fall into the following categories:
- 100s - Informational: Request has been received and the process is continuing.
- 200s - Success: Request was received and processed successfully.
- 300s - Redirection: Request has been received, but needs to perform an additional step to complete the request.
- 400s - Client Error: Request was made by the client, but the page is not valid.
- 500s - Server Error: Valid request was made by the client, but the server failed to complete the request.
Important HTTP Status Codes for SEO and search engines:
200 OK - The request has succeeded.
301 Moved Permanently - The requested resource has been assigned a new permanent URI and any future references to this resource should use one of the returned URIs. The 301 redirect should be utilized any time one URL needs to be redirected to another.
302 Found - The server is currently responding to the request with a page from a different location, yet the requestor continues to use the original location for future requests. This approach is not recommended. It is not an effective way to instruct search engines that a page or site has moved. Using 302 will cause search engine crawlers to treat the redirect as temporary and not give it the link ranking power abilities of 301 redirects.
404 File Not Found - The server has not found anything matching the Request URI. No indication is given of whether the condition is temporary or permanent. This should occur any time the server can't find a matching page request. Oftentimes webmasters will display a text 404 error but the response code is a 200. This tells search engine crawlers that the page has rendered correctly and many times the webpage will get erroneously indexed.
410 Gone - The requested resource is no longer available at the server and no forwarding address is known. This condition is expected to be considered permanent. Clients with link editing capabilities should delete references to the Request-URI after user approval. If the server does not know-or has no facility to determine-whether or not the condition is permanent, the status code 404 (Not Found) should be used instead of 410 (Gone). This response is cacheable unless indicated otherwise.
503 Service Unavailable - The server is currently unable to handle the request due to a temporary overloading or maintenance of the server. The 503 should be used whenever there is a temporary outage (for example, if the server has to come down for a short period for maintenance). This ensures that the engines know to come back soon because the page/site is only down for a short time.
Note that using this report requires configuration (See how to configure SEO reports).
Available Report Widgets
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Table Widget
The Status Codes table widget contains the following columns:
Status Code - A message that a web server returns whenever search engines or website visitors make a request to it
Count - The number of instances for a specified status code