200 OK
The request succeeded and the server returned the expected content.
What it means
HTTP 200 OK is the standard success response. It means the request was received, understood, and processed, and the response body contains the requested resource — a web page, image, API payload, or whatever was asked for.
When it happens
It happens on virtually every successful page load and API call. When you open a working page in a browser, the server returns 200 along with the HTML.
How to fix it
- Nothing to fix — 200 is the response you want for live, indexable pages.
- If a page returns 200 but shows an error message (a soft 404), return a real 404 or 410 instead so search engines treat it correctly.
SEO impact
Ideal. Search engines crawl and index pages that return 200. Make sure every page you want ranked returns a genuine 200 with real content, and that error pages do not masquerade as 200 (soft 404s waste crawl budget and can be indexed by mistake).
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