Have you ever countered 404 or 503 status codes while surfing through the internet? What’s that?
It is an HTTP status code. What is HTTP? Well, to know more you need to read this article.
In this article, we will discuss HTTP, status codes, and how HTTP status codes affect search results.
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HTTP- Hypertext Transfer Protocol
HTTP is a standard protocol that allows the fetching of hypertext data online. It acts as a channel for data communication over the World Wide Web.
HTTP works on a client-server model. It works on a request-response protocol.
A client submits a search over a browser. The browser locates the final destination and requests the domain for the result.
The server responds with the resulting page in HTML code.
Henceforth we can say that HTTP is an application layer protocol specially designed for distributive, collaborative, hypermedia IS.
Let us first understand how a search is executed.
Step 1 User types in the search box of his browser for his query.
Step 2 Browser tries to map the location or IP address of the final hosting server of the final domain.
Step 3 Once it identifies the IP address, it sends the HTTP requests to execute the following search.
The code looks like this:
GET/index.html HTTP/1.1 Host: www.domainexample.com
Step 4 The host server sends back an HTTP response in the doesn’t allowing code.
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
The 200 in the following code is the status code. Here the following code indicates that the search will be carried further.
The browser will get other information such as header, content types, length, and then the final HTML document.
Or if the server fails to locate the file or has any issues then it will send other server code in response.
HTTP status code
HTTP status codes are generated by the servers in response to the request made by a client.
There are different status codes with different meanings.
1**- Informational responses
2**- Success
- 200- OK
- 201- Created
- 202- Accepted
- 203- Non-Authoritative Information
- 204- No Content
- 205- Reset Content
- 206- Partial Content
- 207- Multi-Status
- 208- Already Reported
- 226- IM Used
3**- Redirection
- 300- Multiple Choices
- 301- Moved Permanently
- 302- Found
- 303- See Other
- 304- Not Modified
- 305- Use Proxy
- 306- Unused
- 307- Temporary Redirect
- 308- Permanent Redirect
4**- Client errors
- 400- Bad request
- 401- Unauthorized
- 402- Payment Required
- 403- Forbidden
- 404- Not found
- 405-Method not allowed
- 406- Not acceptable
- 407- Proxy Authentication Required
- 408- Request Timeout
- 409- Conflict
5**- Server Errors
- 500- Internet Server Error
- 501- Not implemented
- 502- Bad gateway
- 503- Service Unavailable
- 504- gateway Timeout
How HTTP Status Codes affects Search Results
Status code is the code used by servers to give a response to the user’s request.
Common status codes such as:
200- OK
301- Moved Permanently
403- Moved Temporarily
302- Forbidden
404- Not found
500- Internal Server Error
503- Service Unavailable
Codes like 404, 503 are visible to users as these codes are visible to users. But other codes are not.
Common Status Codes with Meaning
200- OK
This code means a successful search. No need to worry and continue your search.
301- Permanent Redirect
The code redirects the user is redirected to a new URL. Alon with it link equity is also passed.
302- Temporary Redirect
The code is similar to 301. The only difference between them is this code link equity doesn’t pass.
404- Not Found
This code simply means that the server fails to retrieve any files or content.
410- one
This code means the file is one. The file or content is not found and no new redirect link is provided.
500- Internal Server Error
It is a classical error that doesn’t take the user or line equity anywhere. Search Engines dislike this kind of search issue.
503- Service Unavailable
503 means that the server is unavailable. This is known as the temporarily shut down of the websites.
Conclusion
So next time you initiate any search, why don’t you try to look for the codes.
I hope this article gave you a new perspective of the internet. There are many things that are yet to unfold.
But to conclude, we can say that status codes are responses of the servers for the requests of the user
