Broken Link & 404 Error Checker
Scan your page for broken internal and external links, identify 404 errors, and fix crawlability issues that hurt SEO and user experience.
Overview & Why This Matters
Broken links create dead ends for both users and search engine crawlers. When Googlebot encounters 404 errors following internal links, it wastes crawl budget and may devalue the linking page. External broken links erode user trust and signal poor content maintenance.
Why Broken Links Damage Your Search Rankings
Wasted Crawl Budget on Dead Ends
Every broken link Googlebot follows consumes crawl budget that could be spent discovering and indexing your valuable new content.
Lost PageRank & Link Equity
Internal links pointing to 404 pages leak PageRank into void. The destination page gets no benefit, and the source page looks poorly maintained.
Degraded User Experience & Bounce Rate
Visitors who click broken links leave immediately, increasing bounce rates and sending negative engagement signals to Google.
Broken Link Remediation Strategy
Fix broken internal links by updating hrefs or implementing 301 redirects to the correct destination:
# Nginx 301 redirect for moved pages
rewrite ^/old-page/$ /new-page/ permanent;
# Apache .htaccess redirect
Redirect 301 /old-page/ https://example.com/new-page/