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Glossary Web & HTTP

Broken link

A broken link is a hyperlink whose target no longer loads, usually because the page was moved or deleted, and returns an error such as 404.

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Broken links frustrate visitors and waste crawl budget. Fix them by updating the link or by adding a permanent redirect from the old address to the new one. Check HTTP Status Codes Cheat Sheet for what each error means.

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Broken Link Checker

Check whether any URL returns a working response or a broken status code, server-side.

See also

  • Glossary Redirect
    A redirect is a server response that sends the browser to a different URL, using a 3xx status code and a Location header.
  • Glossary URL
    A URL (Uniform Resource Locator) is the address of a resource on the web, such as a page, image or API endpoint.
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