Checking For Broken Links

Broken links give a poor user experience and potentially damage your search engine rankings.

How often do you check your website for broken links?

I was looking at the website for a large advertising agency and linked on one of the links for a service I was interested in – and up came the 404 page.

It looks like they had restructured their website at one point and missed updating a link.

There are several free tools out there for you to check your website for broken links – google “Broken Link Checker”. If you have Google Search Console setup for your website, it will also give you indications of any broken links.

Andrew Spiers

I am Andrew Spiers and I am the founder / owner of Lens Digital, an Ascot-based Web Design and SEO agency. I write about all things web design and business. Hobbies include photography, playing and watching football.

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