Tag: 404

A while back, I covered Fierr. That's a Firefox add-on with a nice visual appeal that makes Firefox keep retrying when it can't reach a certain address. It's pretty (if a huge Firefox logo meshes well with your aesthetic), but it's not all that clever. TryAgain is kid of like Fierr's nerdy, dowdy sibling. It's not nearly as purty, but it does seem to be a bit smarter. Much like Fierr, TryAgain ...

That is, Keep Internets Serving, Stupid. During the Superbowl VIZIO used an ad to encourage everyone to immediately visit their website and register to win a TV. Guess how that ended? Yeah, for several hours their Flash-laden site wasn't available. Anyone remember the ill-fated Dr. Pepper campaign? Today, Denny's is giving away free breakfasts. Of course, dennys.com is dead as a hammer. ...

Plain old 404 Web site error pages are so last century. Now you can make your own custom page with AllVoices' 404 Error Creator tool. Choose a person from a pre-populated list to create the background image, or upload your own. Then, add a title, a few comments, and click "create." Your new 404 error page is created in seconds, along with the code you need to save it for your Web site or post it ...

Welcome to Googleholic - your bi-weekly fix of everything Google! This edition covers: Google "hijacking" 404 pages Gmail surveys the connection between love and e-mail T-Mobile: Goodbye Google, Hello Yahoo Why the Google Logo looks how it does Google Ad share drops Google "hijacking" 404 pages It looks like Google Toolbar beta 5 carries a little surprise for 404 pages - a new ...