Can 404 pages affect rankings?

[virginoilseom]

Can 404 pages affect rankings?

[sulbha]

yah!!! 404 error decrease ranking on Search Engine tools because SE find its error, stop crawling.

[Nas]

404 Error: Not Found. It greatly affects site rankings. It creates negative impression in user's mind as they will return empty handed and disappointed and will prefer 'not' to visit your site again.

[neelseowork]

Can 404 pages affect rankings?

obviously yes.! it affects your rankings.

[NP02]

404 leaves a bad impact on users and it affects your ranking. so make sure there is no broken links on your site and if there are fix them as soon as possible.

[Bonsdag]

In addition, Google looks at bounceback to search results. 404s cause thouse bounces.

[vismaadlabs]

Yes, 404-Page effect on your web ranking. You must have 404-Page and use back to main page link on 404-Page.

[simon56]

Yes, 404 effect your rankings.

[jackar56]

404 error page help to push the ranking as well as traffic.

[damponting44]

Of course, 404 error pages affect rankings. Suppose if you rank on the 5th page of SERP for the particular keyword and suddenly your landing page shows 404 error then you might lose your ranking.