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Can't generate a 404 on paypal.com
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zende
on Feb 5, 2011
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You can't generate a 404 on paypal.com: https://www.paypal.com/cant-generate-404 https://www.paypal.com/yc/hackernews
What's could their rational be for not following standard conventions?
tst
on Feb 5, 2011
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Here's the 404 ;)
https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/marketingweb?cmd=_home-x&...
charleszink
on Feb 5, 2011
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Maybe the framework they built (or built their site on) automatically renders the homepage when a 404 error is encountered?
46Bit
on Feb 5, 2011
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Seems spot on, but rather puzzling. They may be huge, but I'd have thought they'd still avoid risking duplicate content penalties and just use a 30x redirect for it.
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