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by joetech 4894 days ago
What it boils down to is that 403, 404, 500, etc. pages are there to identify a problem loading the resource you're after. In the case of a 500, I might agree, but with the 404, you're getting what it's supposed to give you, and that's a heads up that the url you were shooting for was not found. Some companies get creative while others create useful links and guesses, but either way, you got the intended message, "not found".