# Working towards a better 404 "page not found" experience

**URL:** <https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/working-towards-a-better-404-page-not-found-experience/8488>\
**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [August 24, 2023, 10:24pm UTC](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/working-towards-a-better-404-page-not-found-experience/8488 "2023-08-24T22:24:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![gingerbeardman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/talk.jekyllrb.com/gingerbeardman/32/3426_2.png) [@gingerbeardman](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/u/gingerbeardman)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2023, 6:31pm UTC](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/working-towards-a-better-404-page-not-found-experience/8488/3 "2023-08-25T18:31:50Z")

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> [@chuckhoupt](#):
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> [Helpful 404s for Jekyll (and GitHub Pages) | Ben Balter](https://ben.balter.com/2022/06/30/helpful-404s-for-jekyll-and-github-pages/)

That’s exactly the type of thing I was looking for.

Last night I implemented something similar using a google custom search but it’s not as good as a totally “local” solution. You can try it on my site now.

But I’ll implement this solution and replace what I have this weekend. Thank you.

ps: all the examples in my OP were pulled from my analytics. The most interesting ones for me are people typing something else in the middle of the URL. Oops!

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