Best 404 Error Pages EVER: 17 Awesome 'Page Not Found' Messages (PHOTOS)

On the Web, "404" doesn't refer to Atlanta's area code, rather it's an HTML status code meaning a connection was made to a Web site's server, but the requested page could not be found.

Reaching 404 pages can be incredibly frustrating, and oftentimes a user is greeted by a generic, dull message such as, "Page cannot be found."

But over time, Web designers have gotten creative and developed their own 404 pages which make getting an error message just a bit more fun.

Here's a collection of the best 404s we've seen. Vote on your favorites and let's see who deserves the honor of No. 1! Have you seen other cool ones? Send them in!

 

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[jrharv]

06:29 AM on 02/12/2010

You should really check out Pingomatic's page for when it's server is down, perhaps not a 404 but funny as hell.

[raindrips]

01:26 AM on 02/12/2010

Can't believe the classic "Weapons of Mass Destruction" page isn't here. This was hugely popular in 2002 or 3. There were even posters of it. I had one.

[raindrips]

01:32 AM on 02/12/2010

Link didn[t make it: http://politicalhumor.about.com/library/images/bliraqwmd.htm

[bartonfink]

01:41 PM on 02/12/2010

FTW.

[Carl D]

06:27 PM on 02/11/2010

Alaskan Alpine Treks Error Page - Lost in the wilderness:

http://alaskanalpinetreks.com/123

Cheers

Carl

[herzogbr]

01:28 PM on 02/11/2010

Hey, you forgot the Chelmsford Library's 404 page - one of my favorites: http://chelmsfordlibrary.org/404

[DavidWyld]

10:57 AM on 02/11/2010

D'oh! Classic stuff - click though all!

David

[seatech1]

10:00 AM on 02/11/2010

Really getting tired of these slideshows that HP puts up. They take so long to load. If HP would just use Flash instead of having to reload the entire page every time, they would work better. And why have the voting poll on every single slideshow? That's a major part of the problem. The browser just hangs up while the (slow) server gathers all of the thumbnail pictures and votes to show on the sidebar. It's frustrating and ruins what might be an enjoyable viewing of some interesting pictures.

[Grada3784]

10:11 AM on 02/11/2010

Totally agree with you.

This site is rapidly turning into ultrabloat. In my case, not just with the slides, though, although they are the worst.

[sfwolf]

12:05 PM on 02/11/2010

Gosh! Why don't I have this problem?

Maybe because I'm using a Mac with Firefox?

[drumz]

03:17 PM on 02/11/2010

Wrong, Mac has nothing to do with it. I'm on a Vista machine running Google chrome and I don't have a problem.