Find Broken Links on Your Website
We crawl up to 50 pages and check every link, image and file, the way a visitor would. No sitemap or signup needed, and no false alarms from firewalls.
Why Broken Links Hurt Your Website
SEO Impact
Search engines see lots of broken links as a sign of a neglected site. Crawlers waste their time on dead pages instead of indexing your valuable content, and links to missing pages pass no ranking value at all.
User Experience
Nothing frustrates visitors more than clicking a link and hitting a dead end, or seeing a broken image on your homepage. It erodes trust in your business and sends people back to the search results.
Lost Leads
A mistyped email link or a phone number that won't dial quietly costs you customers, and you never find out. We check every email and phone link so the people trying to reach you actually can.
Lost Revenue
For online stores, broken product links mean lost sales. If a customer can't find what they're looking for, they'll buy from your competitor. Regular link checks keep your sales funnel intact.
How Our Broken Link Checker Works
Crawls like a visitor
We open the page you enter, follow your links to up to 50 pages, and read your sitemap if you have one to catch pages your menus miss. Sites that draw their pages with JavaScript are opened in a real browser.
Checks everything on each page
Links, images (including lazy-loaded and background images), scripts, stylesheets, embeds, documents, email links and phone links. Each unique address is checked once, no matter how many pages use it.
Tells real problems from firewalls
Many sites block automated tools. We present ourselves as a current browser, recognize firewall and bot-check responses, and list those separately instead of crying "broken".
Shows you where to fix it
Every problem lists the page it appears on and the link text, plus the full redirect chain for redirects. Share the report link with your web person or download it as a CSV.
Common Causes of Broken Links
- Deleted or moved pages: Content gets reorganized but old URLs aren't redirected
- Typos in URLs: A mistyped link or email address creates a dead end
- External site changes: Sites you link to remove or rename their pages
- Domain changes: Switching domains without proper redirects breaks every old link
- Website rebuilds: A new theme or platform changes the URL structure
Frequently Asked Questions
Why are some links listed as "couldn't verify" instead of broken?
Sites like LinkedIn, Amazon, Upwork and anything behind a strict Cloudflare or Akamai firewall refuse automated checkers, even though the page works fine in a browser. Other tools call those "broken" and send you chasing problems that don't exist. We name the firewall when we can and leave the final call to you: open the link and see.
Do I need a sitemap?
No. We start at the page you enter and follow your links the way a visitor would, up to 50 pages. If your site has a sitemap we also read it to find pages your menus don't link to, and we flag sitemap entries that are broken or redirect.
Does it work on sites built with JavaScript (React, Vue, single-page apps)?
Yes. Some sites send an almost empty page and draw their menus and links with JavaScript, so most link checkers find nothing to check. When we spot that, we open your pages in a real browser, wait for them to finish drawing, and check the links a visitor actually sees. Those scans read up to 40 pages.
Should I fix redirects?
Links on your own site that redirect still work, but each hop slows the click down and redirect chains waste search engine crawl budget. Updating the link to point straight at the final address is a quick win. Redirects to your homepage usually mean the original page was deleted.
What does it check besides links?
Images (including lazy-loaded and CSS background images), scripts, stylesheets, embedded videos and maps, downloadable documents, social share images, email links (is the address valid and does the domain accept mail?), phone links, and #jump links that point at a section that no longer exists.
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We can audit your entire website and fix every broken link, image and redirect, improving your SEO and user experience.
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