Definition

Broken link

A broken link points somewhere that no longer resolves, usually returning a 404 or a server error. Broken internal links waste crawl budget and frustrate visitors, while broken external links erode trust, so both are worth finding and fixing.

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Related terms

404 error

A status code meaning the requested page could not be found.

Link equity

The ranking value that flows through a link from one page to another.

Crawl budget

How many of a site's URLs a search engine will crawl in a given period.

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