404 for 'Empty' Collections Webpages

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Hi - I have some collection pages I use only for categorization purposes in the CMS and don’t want to build out webpages for these. Is there a way to set up 404 for these collection pages?

For example on Webflow’s website:

Add Elements panel | Webflow University ← valid page, but /category/ is a only used for categorization purpose

https://university.webflow.com/category/ ← server sends 404

I know I can do a 301 to the 404, but that’s not really good for SEO.

Any ideas?

Thanks in advance!

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Hello.
404 errors are never good for SEO. If you want pages not to be indexed by Google than add a meta tag no index to the pages. <meta name="robots" content="noindex">