Scan a page for broken links, redirects, and errors
Broken links hurt user experience and SEO rankings. Search engines penalize sites with many dead links. Regular checking helps maintain site quality and prevents loss of link equity.
The broken links checker scans a page and finds all non-working links returning 404, 500, and other errors. Broken links negatively affect SEO and user experience. Regular checking helps maintain site quality and preserve search engine rankings.
Broken links (404 errors) hurt your SEO rankings and frustrate users. Our crawler scans up to 3 levels deep, checking every internal and external link on your pages. Results show the source page, anchor text, status code, and response time for each broken link.
Fix broken links to improve crawl budget efficiency and user experience. After fixing, verify with redirect checker that your 301 redirects work correctly. Use health score for a comprehensive site audit including link health.
Broken links are links leading to non-existent pages (404), timeouts, or server errors. They worsen user experience, reduce SEO ranking, and waste search bot crawl budget.
Search engines view many 404 errors as a sign of an abandoned site. Broken internal links lose passed "weight" (link equity). Broken external links worsen user experience and may reduce behavioral metrics.
Weekly checks are recommended for active sites, monthly for static ones. After content updates or migration, mandatory checking. Automated monitoring with notifications is the ideal option.
Options: fix the URL to a working one, set up a 301 redirect to a relevant page, remove the link if content no longer exists. For internal links, prioritize fixing. For external links, find an alternative resource.
404 (Not Found) means the page is not found but may return. 410 (Gone) means the page is permanently deleted. For SEO: 410 is removed from search index faster. Use 410 for content that will definitely not return.
Crawl depth is the number of hops from the starting page to discover links. Depth 1 checks only links on the starting page. Depth 3 follows links three levels deep.