How to find broken links and what are

Every webmaster who has just started building his site wonders what are broken links.
That's what they call links that don't lead anywhere. And the site should be constantly checked for broken links. In other words, if a visitor comes to your site via such a link, he will get a 404 page (nothing found).

Of course, this causes only negative emotions from visiting the site and there is a high probability that the user will never come back to your resource. But broken links don't please not only visitors, but also search robots. When a resource contains broken links, it can decrease the position, drop rankings, and this is extremely undesirable in the promotion.

In addition, when the site is constantly present broken link, there is a risk that search robots will constantly find them. This will lead to the fact that search engines will assign the site the status of "abandoned" and cross it out completely from the issuance. If you want your resource to be successful and bring good results, the site should be constantly checked for broken links.

How to find dead links

To find broken links on your site, you can use several methods.

• Manual check will be appropriate only if your resource is not too many pages. Manually check every page of your site as early as possible. If search engines can find broken links before you, the site may fall under sanctions.
• Convenient to check the resource for broken links through the service Google Search Console. Here you can see how many bad links on the resource, as well as their addresses. Here you can easily find broken links.
• If you are a novice webmaster and are looking for easy ways to find broken links on a site, use special online services. Also, you can check anchor text here. No special knowledge is required of you. You only need to enter the address of your site in a certain field. The latter is required so that the system can make sure you are not a robot.
• Specialized software also allows you to find broken links. This kind of software has an advantage that online services do not have. Here you can set the time of the next check.

How broken links appear

A broken link is a bad link that negatively affects the development of the site. Every webmaster should know where they come from and how to deal with this problem:

• Internal linking is present on almost all pages of the site. The link will lead to another page. And if you delete this page, the link will remain, but when you click on it, the user will see nothing but a 404 message. So if you delete unnecessary files or pages on the site, check the resource for broken links.
• Broken links can also appear because of changes in site structure. Improper site relinking will cause bad links. Therefore, if you decide to change the structure, make sure that the internal optimization of the site was correct. Check the linking, and make sure all the links are working.
• The human factor also affects the appearance of broken links. Often beginners make the mistake of creating the wrong page address. This is where the broken links come from. Once you have created a new link, be sure to check it.

Broken links can be compared to trash, which is not taken out for a long time. If your site detected bad links, try as soon as possible to get rid of this "garbage". Otherwise, your site will not be able to develop, and will fall under the sanctions of search engines.