{"id":2870,"date":"2020-06-23T11:23:55","date_gmt":"2020-06-23T09:23:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/help.marketingminer.com\/?post_type=kb&#038;p=2870"},"modified":"2023-02-21T11:57:21","modified_gmt":"2023-02-21T10:57:21","slug":"broken-link-checker","status":"publish","type":"kb","link":"https:\/\/help.marketingminer.com\/en\/article\/broken-link-checker\/","title":{"rendered":"Broken Link Checker"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Links are an essential part of SEO. Without links, the web is not really connected at all. But if they are not working, they can be harmful to both &#8211; your rankings and user experience.\u00a0Checking that all<strong> internal and external links<\/strong> on your site point to the existing page should be part of your SEO routine. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However,<strong> broken links are often not created intentionally<\/strong>. Anyone can make a typo when writing a URL, or the page you&#8217;re referring to may<strong> no longer exist<\/strong>, and the user is not redirected to a page that does exist. In this case, both the user and the search engine do not end up on the page they were looking for, which can be <strong>quite frustrating<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"center1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marketingminer.com\/en\/wizard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><button class=\"test\">Create report<\/button><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2>When to use Broken Link Checker<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>As mentioned above, this miner is primarily used to <strong>check for broken links<\/strong> on a given URL. You will use it:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>To see if all of your links&nbsp;are referring to the existing page&nbsp;or not.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>For\u00a0<strong>broken link building<\/strong>. This method involves getting links from a page that points to non-existent content that could be replaced by your content.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2>How to find broken links in bulk<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In Marketing Miner, identifying all broken links on your website is super easy. Start by clicking the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.marketingminer.com\/en\/wizard\">Create report<\/a>\u00a0button and selecting <strong>Broken Link Checker<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"456\" src=\"https:\/\/help.marketingminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Broken-Links-Check-1024x456.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7117\" srcset=\"https:\/\/help.marketingminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Broken-Links-Check-1024x456.png 1024w, https:\/\/help.marketingminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Broken-Links-Check-300x134.png 300w, https:\/\/help.marketingminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Broken-Links-Check-768x342.png 768w, https:\/\/help.marketingminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Broken-Links-Check-150x67.png 150w, https:\/\/help.marketingminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Broken-Links-Check.png 1499w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In the next step, enter a list of URLs you want to analyze in bulk. There are several ways to do this. You can either&nbsp;<strong>enter the list manually<\/strong>,&nbsp;<em>upload it from a&nbsp;<strong>file<\/strong><\/em>, or import your data from&nbsp;<strong>Google Analytics, Search Console,&nbsp;<\/strong>and<strong>&nbsp;Google Sheets<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can easily use this tool to analyze all the URLs stored in your\u00a0<strong>sitemap<\/strong>\u00a0too. Just select the\u00a0<strong><em>Import Data from URL<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0option and enter your sitemap URL to upload it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"389\" src=\"https:\/\/help.marketingminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Broken-links-report-1024x389.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7121\" srcset=\"https:\/\/help.marketingminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Broken-links-report-1024x389.png 1024w, https:\/\/help.marketingminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Broken-links-report-300x114.png 300w, https:\/\/help.marketingminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Broken-links-report-768x292.png 768w, https:\/\/help.marketingminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Broken-links-report-1536x584.png 1536w, https:\/\/help.marketingminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Broken-links-report-2048x779.png 2048w, https:\/\/help.marketingminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Broken-links-report-150x57.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Then click on the\u00a0<strong>Import Data<\/strong>\u00a0button to check your data before analyzing. If you work with a large number of URLs, we will notify you via email when your report is ready.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can also watch this short video tutorial where we walk you through all the steps in more detail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"How to Find Broken Links on Your Website\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Z-4vOOW5DRM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2>Broken Link Checker report example<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"center1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marketingminer.com\/en\/report\/3595ecdafdf99d48bafc32fd323bdcc49fc337293c3aa3e0ed3537b880d715fe\/visualize\/miner.url.broken_link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><button class=\"test\">\ud83d\udcca View sample Broken Link Checker report<\/button><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2>Report columns<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Input:<\/strong>\u00a0Analyzed URL.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Destination:\u00a0<\/strong>The URL that the link refers to.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Status code:\u00a0<\/strong>The status code of URL you are referring to. Broken links are most often links that point to the URL with status code 404. See the<a href=\"https:\/\/help.marketingminer.com\/en-us\/article\/status-codes-and-redirects-check-1lre4wg\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> status code guide to learn other status codes<\/a> that may occur.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Anchor:<\/strong>&nbsp;The text that links to the referring page.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Type:<\/strong>\u00a0The type of link. Internal links are placed within your site, and external links point to external pages outside your site.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2>Report data<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Now you should fix any broken links. In case of internal links, you can either remove the link or change it to the URL with existing content. If you also found some broken pages, we recommend that you redirect them to the appropriate URL.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you found broken links on an external site, try to contact the site and get a link back to your site. Of course, only in case you have compensation for this non-existing content.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/broken-link-building\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read more about the broken building link on Ahrefs blog.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Links are an essential part of SEO. Without links, the web is not really connected at all. But if they are not working, they can be harmful to both &ndash; your rankings and user experience.&nbsp;Checking that all internal and external links on your site point to the existing page should be part of your SEO &#8230; <a title=\"Broken Link Checker\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/help.marketingminer.com\/en\/article\/broken-link-checker\/\" aria-label=\"More on Broken Link Checker\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"kbtopic":[33,66],"kbtag":[89,87,86,84],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Broken Link Checker - Marketing Miner Knowledge Base<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Links are an essential part of SEO. Without links, the web is not really connected at all. 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