Broken Link Checker
Scan your website for 404 errors, dead links, and broken resources that damage your SEO rankings and frustrate users. Our crawler checks up to 50 links per page, validating both internal and external URLs.
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What Are Broken Links?
Broken links (also known as "dead links" or "link rot") are hyperlinks on a webpage that no longer lead to their intended destination. When a user or search engine crawler clicks a broken link, they receive an HTTP error — most commonly a 404 (Not Found) or 410 (Gone) status code.
- Internal Broken Links: Links within your own website that point to pages you've deleted, moved, or renamed without setting up a redirect.
- External Broken Links: Links on your site that point to other websites whose pages have been removed, moved, or whose domains have expired.
- Resource Broken Links: References to images, CSS files, JavaScript files, or other assets that no longer exist on the server.
Why Broken Links Hurt Your SEO
Broken links have a compounding negative effect on your website's search engine performance. They impact multiple ranking signals simultaneously.
Websites with more than 5% broken links can see a 15-25% drop in organic traffic due to wasted crawl budget and poor user signals.
How to Fix Broken Links
Once you've identified broken links on your site, choose the appropriate fix based on the situation:
- 301 Redirect: If the page has permanently moved to a new URL, set up a 301 redirect to preserve link equity and guide users seamlessly.
- Update the Link: If you linked to an external page that changed its URL, simply update the hyperlink in your content to the new destination.
- Remove the Link: If the linked content no longer exists anywhere, remove the hyperlink entirely from your page.
- Restore the Page: If the page was accidentally deleted, restore it from a backup or recreate the content.
How to Use This Tool
Enter any live URL into the search bar above and click "Check Links". Our crawler will fetch the page, extract all hyperlinks (both internal and external), and validate each one by checking its HTTP status code. Links returning 4xx or 5xx errors are flagged as broken. We analyze up to 50 links per page to give you a comprehensive audit of your link health.
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