The 404 page is about as ubiquitous on the Internet as Google itself. It’s the most common error we see, thrown at us when the server can’t find the page we’re looking for. Particularly on larger sites, 404 errors are bound to show up after a while, due to mistakes made during changes to a site, its content and design.
The 404 page is also a great opportunity. You might think you’ve lost the reader, but you can use these pages to nudge them towards other content on your site. A well-designed 404 page doesn’t send visitors away — it gets them in even further. Let’s take a look at a few effective or just downright good-looking 404 pages.
Blizzard Entertainment
31Three
Protège la Forêt
Milrayas
Copimaj Interactive
Critical Zero
Koodoz Design
n.design studio
Neutron Creations
Tinsanity
Walk With You
Vuu Media
Storenvy
Scythe
pvmgarage
Twingly
Springload
CSSNinjas
deviantART
Shelfworthy
Surfing on Static
Huwshimi
Blue Daniel
GitHub
HootSuite
XHTML Kitchen
Gog.com
Eternal Moon
Frye / Wiles
Chris Jennings
Henrik Hedegaard
Mixx
CSSRemix
Twurn
Beanstalk
Studio7 Designs
Your Web Job
iStockphoto
Fuelly
Wufoo
Did we miss any of your favorite 404 page designs? Got any tips for improving them from a usability and marketing point of view? Let us know about it in the comments.
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Hey, and thx for the inspiration! Got some new ideas here:)
have Fuelly taken the Twitter 404??
This was very inspiring. I should start working on my own :)
Check out mine, I kinda like it http://www.digmo.co.uk/404
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I just find an awesome collection of 404 pages here!! http://404notfound.fr Enjoy!
Great collection..we had fun time with ours as well, check it out http://focuslabllc.com/say-what
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Vidaroo has a cool 404: http://vidaroo.com/404
Nice collection!
For more inspiration check out Inspiraaz
Awesome designs, thanks for sharing!
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i loved Koodoz Design it is really soo funny
some very nice works of art here ! thanks for sharing those 404′s
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Oh my God these are amazing. it makes you wanna fail a page on your website simply to have visitors see these 404.
love them all, but I prefer 404 page with information that show the visitor where to go next, in this post like pvmgarage, mixx, and studio 7 design
Hi guy,awesome post,but I have a doubt,is possible to use a custom 404 error page on wordpress? I mean,without change my theme,but with all cool features like that listed above?
Thanks for support,Cristian Delgado.
Great list!
What about http://Iconfinder.com/pagenotfound