404 Not Found

Mar 6, 2007 09:59 GMT  ·  By

Let's perform a quick test: visit the official page of YouTube and scroll down to the bottom of the page. Click on the Company Info link published in the right part of the page under the YouTube category. You should be able to read the description of the YouTube service as well as a short history and other information. Read the last paragraph and click on the "Contact Us" link included in the second line. Impressive? I don't think so, but who would expect to find a "404 Not Found" error when he tries to contact YouTube?

"Since YouTube doesn't want us to contact them, maybe we should just leave them alone. Okay, the real "Contact Us" link for YouTube is this one, but too bad, they put the wrong one in the About YouTube page, look for "? our users to contact us with thoughts ?" in the last paragraph. I will be checking the page from time to time to see how long will take them to correct it. You know, speed matters. Or should I just "contact" them - when they don't want me to?", Haochi, the blogger that identified the issue said.

Although it is quite interesting, I guess only a few users will try to contact Google after they clicked on the Company Info link. The real contact link really works and it is available directly on the main page of the video service but, as you can see, the link published in the description of the company is wrong and leads us to a 404 error.

This looks like an interesting mistake done by Google but I'm sure it will be fixed soon. Remember the Valentine's Day's logo that made Google look like Googe? It was also regarded as a mistake but the company explained the photo really displayed the correct name of the company.