Don't waste your 404's

You are right about the visitor not knowing what is going on...I thought about that because that's what I am thinking when this happens to me!

 

Try putting the replacement image on another domain or subdomain which doesn't have the anti leeching logic.

 

I'm curious why you did not make the link to your site a live, clickbable link??

 

Well , in my suggestion what i do is ;

When 404 screan appears i create a custom 404 page backlinking to my other site this way i let people use both sites , and in a chain reaction ( which really works) gives us oppurtunity , to exchange traffic by both sites.

 

I have a different style of 404...

Mine redirects to a page with all my sites on them, and a general links to the invalid link on that website...

Something like: http://www.myimage.us/invalidpageorimage

Peace,

 

that might be good in promoting your other sites but from the visitor's point of view it's not a good choice because he/she doesn't find relevant info from his/her main interests (interests that brought him/her to your page)

 

Thanks for the tip! I had a good amount.

Here is mine:

http://lt-r450central.com/nothere

 

i just redirect them to main page, works like charm

 

I would think its downright insane to run adsense anywhere near a 404. Why? Your pic might be hotlinked on a page in a porn site.