Agreed. That’s a rule I mention in my piece, “URL as UI”, which I really want everyone to read. (If it feels like self-promotion, then please kindly ignore my username / blog masthead. I only care about these ideas.) http://alanhogan.com/url-as-ui
> Consider linking to your home page and/or site map [...]
For a second I thought you were advocating redirecting 404s to the homepage, and I was about to flame you. I hate that one, and I think it's harmful enough that you probably ought to have a point about not doing it in that article.