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About LinkBacksLinks break for lots of different reasons. Websites can disappear altogether or they can be reorganized. Even if you don't have many links to other websites, making changes to your own site can break links.
How do you handle broken links? Do you check your sites regularly for issues, and if so, how do you do it? Do you use tools like Xenu or Screaming Frog to find bad internal and external links on your sites? Do you review crawl errors reported by Google Search Console? And when you do check for broken links, do you find it is a worthwhile effort in that you find changes you should make or not?
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View Poll Results: How often do you check your sites for broken links?
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I've never used any tool to check for broken links.
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The last time I used a tool to check for broken links was years ago.
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The last time I used a tool to check for broken links was about a year ago.
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The last time I used a tool to check for broken links was between 9 and 12 months ago.
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The last time I used a tool to check for broken links was between 6 and 9 months ago.
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The last time I used a tool to check for broken links was between 3 and 6 months ago.
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The last time I used a tool to check for broken links was between 2 and 3 months ago.
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The last time I used a tool to check for broken links was between 1 and 2 months ago.
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The last time I used a tool to check for broken links was between 2 weeks and a month ago.
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The last time I used a tool to check for broken links was within the last 2 weeks.
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24 May 2017, 11:58 am #1
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How often do you check your sites for broken links?
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24 May 2017, 12:07 pm #2
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I use SEO profiler which audits the site once a week and that gives me any broken links as errors. It is infuriating though when you correct all that are broken and then a couple of week's later it shows 2000 broken links courtesy of Corals. I did notice a slight increase in the serps once the errors had been corrected though but that could of been down to meta data being corrected as well
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24 May 2017, 3:40 pm #3
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same. before that was checking once in 2-3 months, but missing quite a lot.
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25 May 2017, 3:14 am #4
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ScreamingFrog - for a fast audit of my casino affiliate program website
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25 May 2017, 8:31 am #5
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Use the Broken Link Checker plug in on the WP sites. It checks all links on a weekly basis (user setting). I get an email if there is a bad link or broken image.
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25 May 2017, 11:27 am #6
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after every major modification and/or host migration
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25 May 2017, 12:24 pm #7
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SEO Audit is indeed a handy tool for this.
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25 May 2017, 3:18 pm #8
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never,because i work with brain.
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26 May 2017, 7:45 am #9
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Same as Chips, use the WP plugin
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26 May 2017, 10:58 am #10
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Broken Link Checker is a good plugin for wordpress sites, just install and configure: the rest is the plugin's job.
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26 May 2017, 12:58 pm #11
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We use ahrefs for this, but I have to admit we don't check for broken links very often...
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26 May 2017, 4:21 pm #12
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One a week. It all depends on how much content I have published lately.
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26 May 2017, 5:24 pm #13
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I check Google Webmaster tools daily and then use Xenu every few weeks, as I find some casinos have a habit of changing their links without notifying their Affiliates
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26 May 2017, 8:59 pm #14
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12 December 2022, 1:34 pm #15
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We utilize Search engine analyser, which does a weekly assessment of the website and reports any broken links as faults. However, it is frustrating when you fix all the broken links and then, a few weeks ago, more broken links appear, thanks to Sea life. However, once the flaws were fixed, I did see a little improvement in the serps, albeit that might have also been the result of updated header information.
Originally Posted by MichaelCorfman
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13 December 2022, 7:34 am #16
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A broken link can cause problems for your site as well as your reputation. You want to always make sure that your links are going to the right pages. Whether content has been moved or the link was typed incorrectly, staying on top of these issues will enhance the user experience.
- Ahrefs site audit tool. ...
- Broken links in Ahrefs site audit tool. ...
- Ahrefs backlink profile – broken link checker option. ...
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- The Google Search Console Crawl Report. ...
- The Crawl Report lets you see pages that link to a 404 page.
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