Scan your webpage for dead links, 404 errors, and empty href attributes to improve your SEO and user experience.
Broken links create a poor user experience. Visitors may land on 404 error pages, internal links may stop passing users through important pages, and search-engine crawlers can encounter unnecessary dead ends. Website migrations and deleted pages often create broken links, and old external links can become unavailable over time.
| URL | The link being checked |
| Link Type | Internal / External |
| HTTP Status | Server response code |
| Link Status | Working / Broken / Redirected |
| Anchor Text | Clickable text of the link |
| Destination URL | Where the link points |
| Response Time | How quickly the server responds |
| Redirect | Whether the URL redirects |
| Error | Reason the link failed |
Understanding server status codes helps you identify exactly why a link is considered problematic.
We classify link statuses into distinct categories to provide clear actionable data.
URL responds successfully.
URL redirects to another location.
URL requires attention (e.g., long redirect chains).
URL returns an error or cannot be reached.
A 404 is one type of broken-link response, but a broken link can have other causes like DNS failure, connection timeout, SSL error, server failure, or an invalid URL.
Links pointing to pages within your own website.
Example: yourdomain.com/services/seo
Broken internal links affect:
Links pointing to another website.
Example: example.com/article
External websites can change, delete, or move their pages, so these links should also be checked periodically to ensure you're not sending your visitors to dead ends.
Not every non-200 response is a broken link. Valid redirects are often necessary for website maintenance.
Old URL → 301 → New URL → 200
Old URL → 301 → 301 → 404
Replace the old URL with the correct destination.
Use a 301 redirect when a page has permanently moved.
Delete the link when the destination is no longer relevant.
Find a useful alternative resource for outdated external links.
Bring back an accidentally deleted page when it is still valuable.
A high number of broken links can negatively impact:
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