How to fix broken links
Broken links frustrate visitors and waste the time search engines spend on your site.
Why it matters
Every dead link is a visitor who hit a wall, and a signal to search engines that the site is not maintained. Links to removed pages also throw away the ranking those pages earned.
Steps
- Open each address listed in the finding evidence.
- If the page moved, update the link to the new address.
- If the page is gone, remove the link or redirect the old address to the closest relevant page.
- Rescan to confirm.
Check it worked
Rescan the site. The broken links list should be empty, and old addresses you redirected should land on the new page.
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