Broken Link Checker
Find broken links, 404 errors, and dead URLs on your webpage. Check up to 100 links per page for better SEO and user experience.
Find 404 Errors
Detect broken links that return 404 or other error codes.
Internal & External
Check both internal site links and external resource links.
Fast Analysis
Get results in under a minute with detailed status codes.
What Does the Broken Link Checker Do?
Our Broken Link Checker scans a single webpage and tests all links (up to 100) to find broken links, 404 errors, and dead URLs. Broken links hurt user experience and SEO, so it's important to find and fix them regularly.
The tool extracts all internal links (links to other pages on your site) and external links (links to other websites), then checks each one's HTTP status. You'll see which links are working (200 OK), which are broken (404 Not Found), and which have other issues (500 errors, timeouts, etc.).
Results are categorized by status: working links, broken links (404), server errors (5xx), redirects (3xx), and timeouts. This helps you prioritize which links need immediate attention. Note: This tool checks one page at a time, not your entire website.
Common Use Cases
📝 Content Audits
Check blog posts and articles for outdated or broken external references before publishing or updating.
🔄 Site Migrations
After moving to a new domain or restructuring, verify that internal links still work correctly.
🛒 E-commerce Pages
Check product pages for broken links to images, related products, or external supplier sites.
📊 Regular Maintenance
Periodically check important pages to catch broken links before they hurt SEO or user experience.
Frequently Asked Questions
Broken links create a poor user experience, increase bounce rates, and waste crawl budget. They signal to search engines that your site isn't well-maintained. Internal broken links prevent link equity from flowing through your site, while external broken links look unprofessional.
No, this tool checks a single page at a time (up to 100 links per page). To check your entire site, you'd need to run the tool on each important page separately, or use a full-site crawler tool. This limitation helps keep the tool fast and prevents server overload.
404 (Not Found) is the most common broken link error. Also watch for 410 (Gone), 500-503 (Server Errors), and timeouts. 301/302 redirects aren't "broken" but should be updated to point directly to the final destination for better performance.
Check important pages monthly or quarterly. After site migrations, restructuring, or major updates, check immediately. For blogs with many external links, check older posts every 6-12 months as external sites change or disappear over time.
For internal broken links, fix the URL or create a 301 redirect. For external broken links, try to find an updated URL using archive.org, replace with a similar resource, or remove the link. Document fixes in a spreadsheet for future reference.