What is the correct HTTP status code to send when a site is down for maintenance?
- by alex
Is there a HTTP status code to tell Google (and others) to go away, index me again later?
Basically, one that semantically tells clients that the site is down for maintenance?
The ones I have considered are
304 => Not modified
307 => Temporary redirect
410 => Gone
503 => Service Unavailable
I'm leaning towards the last one, but was…