I just added the following lines to my .htaccess file so visitors are redirected to my homepage if they get an error or if I remove or change the file name of a web page. Is this good or bad for my seo? # Errors ErrorDocument 500 http://www.mywebsite.com ErrorDocument 404 http://www.mywebsite.com ErrorDocument 403 http://www.mywebsite.com ErrorDocument 401 http://www.mywebsite.com
This will almost certainly cause you problems, particularly in Bing in Yahoo, but quite likely in Google as well, Redirect to a custom error page. If possible include a search function on the error page. If not, include a linked site map. This approach will work for both bots and visitors. Here is an example of what I am talking about...