Create Dynamic 404 Error Pages With Live Search Web Page Error Toolkits
Website’s like Microsoft.com having a large number of webpage’s and some visitors are only looking for pages that are moved or not present. Microsoft Web Page Error toolkit help web developers to create dynamic 404 error pages with customized error message along with search results relevant to their search results helping them to find the content they are looking.
According to the Live Search blog,
The Toolkit is a customizable ASP.net application that replaces the default error page on your IIS server. The Toolkit enables you to use Live Search (or any search engine) to return results for the specified domain and locale, control the number of results returned on your page, choose whether to offer spelling corrections, and customize your error message.
Take a look at these examples of a typical 404 error page at Microsoft, as well as one that has been customized with the Toolkit:
Typical 404 Error Page
Dynamic 404 Error Page
Get the Toolkit
- To install the Toolkit, click WebPageErrorToolkitSetup.msi.
- Before you install, review the API terms of service at Windows Live Platform and Services - Terms of Service.

























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