What is difference between custom 404 and 404 page

What is the custom 404 page and 404 page difference, how it will create custom 404 page. suppose i will create a page called 404 or i will create a page and will put this page in webserver.

Please explain in details

 

Exactly this one :
You must create/design a page for customer/visitor see if they type misssing url of your website/blog. Then you put on Webserver and set it is default page for 404 error.
You can use .htaccess or Cpanel to set this function.

 

A Custom 404 page allows you to customize what the user sees if they go to a page on your website which doesn't exist. This is helpful because it makes it less likely that they will leave your website. To do this you will need to modify the .htaccess files like stated above, unless you are using a CMS like wordpress or Joomla

 

First of all , "custom 404 page" and "404 page" are classified as 404 error(status) which is one of server response as anhbloginc said above .

Second, they have no difference . For seo purpose, some people have some navigation links or sitemap links in the custom 404 page . It is user friendly and spider friendly . It helps a little in from the viewpoint of seo .

 

U can use google webmaster tools and make a 404 custom page easily

for more details link is

http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com/2008/08/make-your-404-pages-more-useful.html

 

Thanks for share all the friends...now I know the custom 404 and 404 page..

 

ON this, is it possible say in an ecommerce store that you can have the errors show up to look like a normal product page except displaying the error inside?


I know google also has code to make it auto search what they were looking for and return results that sort of resemble what ebay sends back when you search for a product that returns no results.