410 pages

[WebServiceConsulting.com]

Do you need to optimize a 410 page like you do for 404 pages?

What does a visitor see when a page is 410 compared to a 404?

[JMacSupply]

From John Mueller

It's good to double-check these things, and it appears I was wrong there -- we do treat 410s slightly differently than 404s. In particular, we'll sometimes want to confirm a 404 before removing a URL from the index, and we tend to do that faster with a 410 HTTP result code. In practice, the difference is very small, and it's not critical to use a 410 if a URL is permanently removed. If you want to speed up the removal (and don't want to use a noindex meta tag or the urgent URL removal tools), then a 410 might have a small time-advantage over a 404.

https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/webmasters/qv49s4mTwNM/discussion

[WebServiceConsulting.com]

That doesnt answer my questions!

[KeriMorgret]

Can you explain what you mean by optimizing a 404 page?