How to find and fix broken links
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Links that answer 404 waste crawl budget and send visitors to dead ends. Fix the target or redirect it.
Step by step, with screenshots: 404 vs 410 vs redirect: what to do with removed pages →
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Broken links
Why it matters. A link to a 404 page is a dead end for visitors and a wasted crawl for search engines. Old campaign or product pages are the usual cause.
How to fix it.
- Update or remove each link listed in the technical detail; redirect the missing pages if they still get visits.
- In WordPress, a plugin such as Broken Link Checker finds these site-wide.