“The Page Can’t Be Found” Coolest Error 404 Pages In Web Design

By AN Jay on January 28, 2010

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If you have a broken link on your website then visitors will get an internal error message from the server, which don’t exist any longer, have moved to a new server or have never existed at all. By default these messages aren’t that helpful. Therefore, we believe that having a cool and creative Error 404 page in website including beautiful web design is as important as having great content. If you have an interesting 404 error page on your website or blog, you may have a second chance to re-engage your visitors by re-directing them to the home page, and if you do not have an error page that can show the quality of your web design then you might be thinking of creating one which can inspire everyone. So here are 50+ Wonderful and Creative Examples of 404 Error Pages in web design you must check out.

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Limpfish

DDZ

Chelms Ford Library

Bluedaniel

Fryewiles

CssTricks

PEN-and-PAPER

BrightKite

Redtag

Wulffmorgenthaler

Orangecoat

Southparkstudiosd

At Ease Web

B3ta

Habrahabr

4 Media

RetardZone

Planetgeek

PatternTap

Catswhocode

Markfennell

Project-euh

HomeStar Runner

Abduzeedo

Spore

Huwshimi

Surfing on Static

Gog

Chris Jennings

Spring Load

Takeoffeh

Bored Panda

Light Post Creative

Apartment Home Living

Dawdle

Lileks

Catalyststudios

Trubru

Hootsuite

Eternalmoon

Mixx

Twurn

Kalp

Istockphoto

Fuelly

Shelfworthy

Mutacao

Amorphia-apparel

Expansionbroadcast

Getdropbox

Turbomilk

Tele2

Wufoo

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Comment by Uncleserb on January 29, 2010 @ 2:45 am

Here’s another one:
http://www.askia.com/404

Comment by Melvin José on January 29, 2010 @ 4:13 am

This is a great post. I feel inspired. Thanks.

Comment by Michael Hobson on January 29, 2010 @ 5:05 am

Nice collection! I made a 404 page for this site earlier this week:

http://www.topleftdesign.com/404

Comment by cssclassic on January 29, 2010 @ 6:09 am

Excellent Posting

Comment by bill on January 29, 2010 @ 6:18 am

Notonebit.com has a great, original one. Try http://www.notonebit.com/foo

Comment by Dany on January 29, 2010 @ 6:43 am

Excellent sharing thanks! Very inspiring!
I love this one too:

http://dyvantity.com/error

Regards

Comment by Segafredo Espresso on January 29, 2010 @ 7:04 am

Great article, Does this confuse the user though, just a thought.

Comment by Rachel on January 29, 2010 @ 8:31 am

LOL – They are great!!
Thanks for sharing – make me feel inspired to do a cool 404 error page for my website http://www.spanglishwebs.com/

Rachel

Comment by armata on January 29, 2010 @ 9:03 am

another one :

http://eu.blizzard.com/en-gb/404

Comment by CSSDOSE on January 29, 2010 @ 9:35 am

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Comment by Nimit kashyap on January 29, 2010 @ 10:34 am

some great ideas for me to customize my 404 error page.

Comment by Jim Jones on January 29, 2010 @ 11:41 am

Great inspiration; I think I need to step it up for my site.

http://jimasks.me

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Comment by Satya Prakash on February 1, 2010 @ 3:57 am

Funny and informative

Comment by Tschai on February 1, 2010 @ 7:57 am

COool, but I think mine simple 404 page is more effective; http://fan-tas-tic.com/404

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Comment by Duncan on February 8, 2010 @ 3:10 am

I’m very proud of mine. Its very simple and clear. Although the one I really like is Blizzard Software’s: http://us.blizzard.com/en-gb/borked/

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Comment by Grafika-M on March 6, 2010 @ 3:19 pm

Great post!
Thanks!
Look at my 404 page!
http://grafika-m.su/404
Your opinion?

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Comment by Le Mag on April 3, 2010 @ 8:07 am

Very nice pages an perfekt for my site =)

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Comment by Casey Valiant on May 20, 2010 @ 6:57 am

inspired me to make a fun 404 page for my site:
http://www.signsoveramerica.com/pageerror.htm

Thanks for the kick in the pants.

Comment by David on July 23, 2010 @ 4:24 am

Fantastic post, thanks! I like the way these companies have put effort into a page which shouldnt really be seen, it’s a bit like a hidden easter egg. I do feel very inspired!

Comment by Nisha Shah on September 2, 2010 @ 3:44 am

Amazing Post. Thanks for sharing

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Comment by Oceanlab on February 15, 2011 @ 9:50 am

from Portugal, here’s another one: http://www.mc.ul.pt/404

Comment by Akhtar @Smashingwall on February 17, 2011 @ 11:39 pm

thanks for great post, might be you like few here: http://smashingwall.com/inspiration/404-error-pages-examples/

Comment by teach on March 10, 2011 @ 12:15 am

hahaha nice post… great 404 pages

Comment by Kelvin on March 17, 2011 @ 3:16 pm

I think this one is pretty special, and very different. A lot of effort went into this.
http://www.proofcreative.com.au/error

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