Find Every Broken Link on Your Website
Broken links send your visitors to dead ends and make a business look neglected. Type your address and we will test every link on every page of your site, then tell you what is wrong, why it matters and how to fix it.
We read every page in your sitemap and every page they link to (up to 500), then test every link on them.
Reading your pages…
Most small business sites take one to five minutes. Slow servers take longer, because we go gently on them.
Results for
What we found, and why it matters
Every problem type on your site, how many links it affects, and what to do about it.
Your links at a glance
Link types
Internal vs external
Top linked websites
The fixes in the order we would do them: the ones costing you most first.
Links that lead nowhere. Each one is a visitor hitting a dead end.
Links that work, but only after a detour. Point them straight at the final address.
Links that load, but have a problem with security, accessibility or how Google reads them.
The pages we read, and how many links each one has.
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Why broken links cost you more than you think
A broken link is a small thing to fix and an easy thing to miss. Here is what each problem this tool finds does to your visitors and to how Google sees your site.
Questions people ask
What counts as a broken link?
A link is broken when the address it points to does not load: the page is gone (an error 404 or 410), the server fails (an error in the 500s), the website no longer exists, or it refuses the connection. Before we call any link broken, we test it again a few seconds later, and only that second answer counts. A link that is only slow is listed as "too slow to answer", not as broken. We also flag links that work but take a detour through redirects, and links that load but have a security or accessibility problem.
Why does it say "could not verify" for some links?
Some websites, LinkedIn, Instagram and Facebook among them, refuse automated checks or show a login page instead. That does not mean the link is broken, so we never count it as broken. Open those links yourself to be sure.
Which pages do you check?
Every page listed in your sitemap, plus every page of your site that those pages link to, up to 500 pages. On each page we test every link, image, script, stylesheet and embed, up to 2,000 different addresses. Two kinds of page cannot be found this way: pages nothing links to and the sitemap leaves out, and links that only appear after the page runs JavaScript. For sites larger than this, talk to us.
Will this slow my website down?
No. We read no more than four of your pages at a time and test no more than six links at a time, and we request each address once (twice if it fails the first time). That is about the load of a few people browsing your site at once. Most links are checked with a lightweight request that does not download the page.
How often should I check for broken links?
Every month is a good habit, and always after you redesign the site, move pages or delete products or blog posts. Links to other websites break on their own when those sites change, so a site that was clean last year rarely still is.
Do you keep my data?
We keep the address you checked and a summary of the result, so we can improve the tool and follow up if you ask us to. We do not keep a copy of your pages, and you do not need to give us your name or email to see your results. See our privacy policy.