HTTP/1.1 406 Not Acceptable ... what does this mean?

Discussion in 'Search Engine Optimization' started by fatabbot, May 27, 2008.

  1. #1
    Hello,

    When i use a tool to inspect headers sent to a user agent like a search engine, i get "HTTP/1.1 406 Not Acceptable" for the main site url.
    Even though i think it should be "200 OK" ... Is this something to worry about? I read somewhere that 406 means:

    "The resource identified by the request is only capable of generating response entities which have content characteristics not acceptable according to the accept headers sent in the request.
    ...
    Note: HTTP/1.1 servers are allowed to return responses which are
    not acceptable according to the accept headers sent in the
    request. In some cases, this may even be preferable to sending a
    406 response. User agents are encouraged to inspect the headers of
    an incoming response to determine if it is acceptable.

    "

    But I have no clue what this means... lol
    Anyone can explain this in an easier way?
     
    fatabbot, May 27, 2008 IP