We want our blogs to be perfect, whatever this means for any of us. We strive for perfection, we improve the look and the functionality, we ask for feedback when we do some major changes. Many of you do that. I’ve chosen only a few examples for today:
Problogger:

So now it’s over to the ProBlogger community to have your say about the logo. As always, your opinion is valued and will be heard - all I ask is that you be constructive with your critiques so that we can continue to improve what we’re building here with the site.

Wendy Piersall:
eMoms Site Redesign is Live - You Like?

But We All Make Mistakes

We think we have it under our control… Well, up to a point. Imagine if somebody wanted to quote you, and made a typo in the link to your blog? All readers following that link will be shown your 404 page. This is a bad mark, not only for the site that sent readers there, but also for your site. The average internet user does not know what a 404 page is, all he knows is that x or y site returned an error, God knows why. Not knowing what to do, this reader would close the browser window or tab. Do you let them lost, or do you give them some guidance in exchange for their wasted time to follow a broken link to your site?

Your 404 page can be a valuable online real estate, at least this is what Steven Snell of NeonScent.com believes.

From all error pages I’ve encountered, I still remember one, as being a very creative and friendly 404 page: Inspirationbit. Three elements keep the reader on the blog: the baby, the search box, the indication towards sidebar links. The child’s photo is a very good attention catcher: people would be tempted to spend a few more seconds on the page, to see the photo.

What about your 404 page? Or you didn’t know you had any?

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