Gone
Production Risk
Low. It provides more specific information than a 404, which can be helpful for clients and search engines to know that they should permanently remove the link.
Indicates that the target resource is no longer available at the origin server and that this condition is likely to be permanent. Unlike a 404, a 410 is intentional and indicates that the resource has been purposefully removed.
- 1A limited-time promotional page has expired.
- 2A product has been discontinued and removed from the catalog permanently.
- 3A user has deleted their account and all associated content.
A search engine crawler tries to access a webpage for a product that was intentionally and permanently removed from an e-commerce site.
GET /products/discontinued-item HTTP/1.1 Host: example.com
expected output
HTTP/1.1 410 Gone
Fix
Remove Links to the Resource
WHEN You receive a 410 for a link on your site.
Update your content to remove the link, as the resource is not coming back.
Why this works
Content Management
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