Broken Links Finder
About Broken Links Finder
Our Broken Links Finder crawls any webpage and identifies all links that return errors (typically 404 Not Found). Broken links harm user experience, waste crawl budget, and signal poor site maintenance to search engines - all of which can negatively impact your Google rankings.
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Regularly auditing your website for broken links is essential site maintenance. Our tool makes it easy to find and fix dead links before they affect your visitors and SEO performance.
Why Broken Links Hurt Your SEO
- Wastes crawl budget on dead-end pages
- Creates a poor user experience - visitors hit dead ends
- Signals site neglect to Google
- Loses potential link equity when inbound links hit 404 pages
How to Use the Broken Links Finder
- Enter the URL of the page or site section you want to crawl.
- Start the scan and let the tool follow the links it finds on that page.
- Review the results list, which separates working links from ones returning errors.
- Check the status code returned for each broken link, such as 404 Not Found or 500 Server Error.
- Update or remove the broken links, or set up a redirect where the destination content has simply moved.
- Re-run the scan on a schedule, particularly after site migrations, redesigns or large content deletions.
- Prioritize fixing broken links on your highest-traffic pages first, since those are where the impact on users and crawl efficiency is greatest.
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Frequently asked questions
Is the Broken Links Finder free?
This tool requires an active one-time membership to use - pay once and unlock this tool plus every other gated tool on the site, no subscription, no ads.
Why do broken links hurt SEO?
They create a poor user experience (visitors hit dead ends), waste crawl budget as search engines follow dead links, and can weaken the flow of authority through your site's internal linking structure.
How do I fix a broken external link?
Either update the link to the correct current URL, remove it if the destination no longer exists, or find an equivalent replacement resource - for internal links, redirect the old URL or fix the link source directly.
