404 Wish Granted

Google has released a feature in Webmaster Tools that grants a wish I have had for years. Within the list of 404s that Googlebot finds on your site, Google now tells you who is using that broken link. You now know who to contact to change links and/or what links to 301 in the case of a redesigned site.

So I must say THANK YOU to Google. This is something I have been bothered with for years. I don’t have much to work with on my current company site, but I know this feature will come in handy many times in the future.

For more info on it, see Matt Cutt’s take on it, and the actual release from Google.