Broken Link Checker

Broken Link Checker crawls a single page, extracts every outbound and internal link, and checks the live HTTP status of each one so you can find and fix dead links before they hurt rankings and user experience. Whether you’re auditing your own site or a client’s, this page explains the broken link checker concept end-to-end and, gives you a free, working free broken link checker below.

How it works

Paste a URL. We fetch the HTML, extract every <a href> link (capped to the first 50 for a reasonable time budget), and issue a lightweight HTTP request to each to capture its status code.

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What we check

• 4xx client errors (404, 410)
• 5xx server errors
• Redirect chains masquerading as working links
• Links to since-removed resources

How to fix common Broken Link Checker issues

1. Update or remove links that return 404/410.
2. Point internal links directly at the final URL instead of a redirect.
3. Set up 301 redirects for moved content instead of leaving dead links live.
4. Re-check regularly — link rot accumulates as other sites reorganise.

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