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Broken Link Finder

The Broken Link Finder crawls any page and checks every link for broken destinations. It tests both internal and external links and reports the HTTP status code for each.

What It Reports

  • Broken links (4xx) - Links pointing to pages that no longer exist
  • Server errors (5xx) - Links pointing to pages with server problems
  • Redirect chains - Links that go through multiple redirects
  • Timeout errors - Links to slow or unresponsive destinations

Why Broken Links Matter

Broken links hurt both user experience and SEO:

  • Users who click broken links bounce, increasing your bounce rate
  • Search engines follow links to discover and index pages. Broken links waste crawl budget.
  • Internal broken links can prevent important pages from being found
  • External broken links waste your page's link equity

Tips

  • Run this tool on your most important pages first (homepage, top traffic pages)
  • Check both internal and external links
  • For external broken links, either remove them, replace with a working alternative, or link to an archived version
  • For internal broken links, either fix the destination URL or set up a redirect