Monetize Your 404 Error Pages!

Did you know that 404 pages are one of the most visited pages on websites? But what does your 404 page have? A simple 'Page not Found' on it? WHY???

You are wasting a good opportunity to get your product out there. If your visitors visit a 404 page, try to sell a product, give them an affiliate link to click on, get them to sign up to your newsletter. Believe me, it will make a big difference!

Here is a blog post I wrote on Optimizing/Monetizing your 404 Error pages:

Monetize and Optimize your 404 Error Page

 

Very nice article, might try to do this when I get home.

 

I have been doing this for a while, I use it to get extra subscribers to my newsletter.

It works, once in a while I get a few new subscribers. I don't get many, but I think it's worth doing.

By the way, great blog post.

- jens -

 

Nice, thanks for sharing.

 

Or you could figure out why the pages are erroring out and fix them and redirect to the main content of your site. But I see no problem with having an affiliate link on a 404 page. While not exactly as targeted as you might like, it's a good idea that has been around a very long time.

 

A timely reminder to do this for all my sites. Even if you get one subscriber/ customer from doing this, then it's worth your while.