Broken Link Checker
The Broken Link Checker is an essential SEO maintenance tool that scans any webpage for "dead" or broken links.
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The Broken Link Checker is an essential SEO maintenance tool that scans any webpage for "dead" or broken links. It identifies 404 errors, server timeouts, and other connection issues that can frustrate users and negatively impact your search engine rankings.
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Enter the URL of the page you want to scan for broken links.
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Click the "Scan Page" button to initiate the crawling process.
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Watch the progress bar as the tool identifies all unique links and checks their status.
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Review the results table, which sorts links by status (Working, Broken, or Warning).
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Export the list of broken links (if needed) and fix them in your website's CMS or code.
Routine SEO Maintenance
Perform monthly scans of your highest-traffic pages to ensure no internal or external links have "rotted" or broken over time.
Affiliate Link Validation
Check your review pages to make sure all affiliate links are still functional and pointing to active products instead of 404 error pages.
Post-Redesign Verification
After launching a new website design, scan critical landing pages to confirm that all navigation and content links are correctly updated.
External Resource Audit
Validate links to external research papers, tools, or references to ensure you aren't sending your visitors to dead websites.
User Experience Audit
Identify broken "Buy Now" or "Sign Up" buttons that could be costing you conversions and frustrating potential customers.
Fix 404 errors immediately by either removing the link or updating it to a working URL.
Check for 301 redirects; while they work, it's better for performance to link directly to the destination.
Ignore "no-follow" or "sponsored" link attributes when checking for internal link health.
Be careful not to overload small servers with too many rapid requests during scans.
For performance and stability, this tool scans one page at a time and checks every link found on that specific page up to a reasonable length.
A "Broken" link typically returns a 404 (Not Found) or 500 (Internal Server Error) status code, meaning the destination page is completely inaccessible.
Search engines view broken links as a sign of a neglected website. Too many dead links can reduce your "crawl budget" and negatively impact your overall domain authority.
Yes, it checks both internal (same domain) and external (other domains) links to ensure every destination is reachable.
You should either update the URL to the correct, functioning one, or remove the link entirely if the content no longer exists.
A 301 redirect means a page has permanently moved. Our tool flags these so you can update them to the final destination for better performance.
This version focuses on <a> tag links. We recommend our specialized Image Optimization tools for checking broken image assets.
There is no strict limit, but we recommend checking your most important pages first to prioritize your SEO efforts.
The tool makes a single request per link check. Since it processes links one by one or in small batches, it has a negligible impact on server performance.
No, this is a web-based tool. You can use it directly from your browser on any device.