🔍 Free Broken Link Checker

Find broken links and extract contact emails. No signup required.

💡 Each URL is scanned individually (single-page mode). Max 200 URLs at once.
🌐 Full Site Scan — crawls up to 200 pages on the whole website. Best for a complete audit.
⚡ Up to 200 pages (full scan) 🔒 No signup needed 📥 Download CSV 📧 Extract emails
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Crawling pages and checking links

💔 Broken Links

📧 Emails Found

What is a Broken Link?

A broken link — also called a dead link — is a hyperlink that points to a page that no longer exists. Visitors see a 404 Not Found error. Common causes include deleted pages, restructured URLs after a site migration, expired domains, and content moved without a redirect.

Our free checker crawls up to 200 pages, tests every link, and reports every 404, 410 and 500 error — with anchor text and exact page location so you can fix issues fast.

Why Broken Links Hurt SEO

🔴Wastes crawl budget. Every broken page Googlebot visits counts against your crawl allocation.
📉Loses link equity. Backlinks pointing to 404 pages pass zero PageRank to your site.
😠Increases bounce rate. Visitors who hit a 404 leave immediately, raising your bounce rate.
⚠️Signals poor maintenance. Google views sites with many broken links as low quality.

Three Scan Modes — Full Site, Single Page & Multiple Pages

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Full Site Scan

Crawls your entire domain — up to 200 pages. Best for a full audit. Finds both internal and external broken links.

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Single Page Mode

Scans only the exact URL you enter and checks every link on that one page. Fast, focused auditing.

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Multiple Pages

Paste a list of URLs and each is scanned individually — ideal for post-migration audits.

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CSV Download

Export all broken links with page location, anchor text, status code and timestamp for client reports.

Pro SEO Strategy

Broken Link Building — Turn Dead Links Into Backlinks

Broken link building is one of the most effective white-hat link building strategies. Scan any competitor or niche site, find their broken outbound links, create relevant content on your own site, then contact the site owner to suggest your page as the replacement. Use the Email Extractor to get contact details in one click.

Step 1Scan a niche website for broken links using Full Site Scan
Step 2Identify broken outbound links to deleted or expired pages
Step 3Create matching content on your site as a replacement
Step 4Use Email Extractor to find the site owner contact details
Step 5Send outreach email suggesting your page as the replacement

Frequently Asked Questions

How many pages can I scan for free?+
SEOLinkScan crawls up to 200 pages per full-site scan, completely free with no signup. You can run up to 3 scans per day per IP address. Single-page and multi-URL modes have no page count limits.
What HTTP status codes are reported as broken?+
We report 404 (Not Found), 410 (Gone), 500 (Internal Server Error), 501, 502, and 504. Redirects (301/302) are not reported as broken. We retry 405 errors with a GET request to confirm.
Can I scan someone else’s website?+
Yes. Our tool works on any publicly accessible website. This is particularly useful for broken link building — scan niche sites to find their broken links, then offer your content as the replacement.
What is the difference between internal and external broken links?+
Internal broken links point to missing pages on your own domain — caused by deleted pages or changed URLs. External broken links point to pages on other websites that have been removed. Both are reported in your results.
Can I export the results?+
Yes. After scanning, download all broken links as a CSV file. Includes the page where the link was found, anchor text, broken URL, HTTP status code and timestamp. Contact emails are also downloadable separately.

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