105 Weird and Wonderful 404 Error Pages
404 error pages are important. In fact, for some visitors, they are the most important pages on your site.
When someone lands on a 404 error page, there is only one of two things they can do. They can either give your site ANOTHER shot. Or they can just back out and disappear. Most just disappear.
But a good 404 page just might convince them to stick around.
If you have a run-of-the-mill 404 page, then you can pretty much forget about it. But if you have a creative 404 page, then there’s a possibility you might just get your increasingly frustrated visitor to stop for a moment and say, “What’s this?”
If nothing else, the creativity of the following 404 pages should get a visitor’s attention. Perhaps these examples will offer a little inspiration. If you can couple a little creativity with a 404 page that can actually help your visitors find what they’re looking for, then you up your chances of turning a frustrated visitor into a happy surfer.
Editor’s Note: Some of the sites listed below have moved, changed, or no longer exist. We’ve decided to leave them here unlinked instead of removing them (and losing a bunch of weird and wonderful 404 page examples that might inspire you).
In alphabetical order …
5. AmCharts (animated) 
9. Bdsm-Berlin 
10. Bellaminettes 
11. BlackMoonDev 
13. BlueDaniel (animated) 
26. DDZ 
37. FutureOfWebDesign 
38. Gdzl.la (animated) 
54. Kochatelier-Berlin 
57. LeapAnywhere 
60. Livadaru 
62. LookItsMe (animated) 
63. Lumino.us 
67. MergeWeb 
72. Nosh (includes YouTube video) 
85. ShelfWorthy 
93. TheWebMotel 
94. Tinsanity (animated with VERY annoying sound) 
98. Unitinteractive 
>> Do you have any favorites?
Photo: Woman Frustrated with her Computer from Bigstock. Some sources used for this post: blogmarks, smashingmagazine, hongkiat, patterntap.
