Matt Cutts on How Google Handles 404 & 410 Status Codes In a recent webmaster help video, Google's Matt Cutts talks about the nuances of 404 vs. 410 status codes. While Google's crawlers treat 404s and 410s nearly identically, Cutts reveals that sometimes Google does treat them a little bit differently. If you’re into super technical details regarding Google’s Web crawling and how they interact wi