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Find and Fix Broken Links

Finding and fixing broken links in your WordPress site is essential for maintaining a good user experience and search engine ranking. By using a combination of the methods mentioned above, you can ensure that your site is free of broken links and that your visitors can easily find the content they're looking for.https://www.wpoven.com/blog/broken-links/<br>

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Find and Fix Broken Links

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  1. 5 Proven Methods to Find and Fix Broken Links in Your WordPress Site

  2. What are Broken Links? Broken links or dead links are links that no longer exist or are removed. The link can be of anything, either broken backlinks, affiliate links, or URLs. This can happen due to several reasons, but the most common reason is when you delete a page or move to a different location, resulting in a 404 error page.

  3. What are the causes of Broken Links? Moving or changing the location of web pages or content Deleting web pages without proper redirection Spelling mistakes in links Changing Permalinks Mis-typed URLs Dead External Links ● ● ● ● ● ●

  4. Importance of Fixing Broken Links in SEO 1. Degrade User experience – What if a visitor is clicking on the link provided by you is broken? Is it quite irritating to see a blank or error page? Hence, the final verdict will be the visitors will no longer show interest and trust in your content. Slowly your website traffic graph will start showing getting down, and in the end, it will become deserted. 2. Affect SEO: Another impact broken links show on the SEO of the Website. As you know, many search engines have their own Bots called crawlers, whose main work is to crawl the website pages and check links and contents thoroughly. Once the crawlers detect a link as broken, it results in a 404 error page. And as a result, if the error persists, leading search engines like Google can ban it in the future.

  5. Affect Link Juice: Inbound links to your website, also known as “backlinks,” play a key role in determining your PageRank. When a backlink leads to a broken link, it loses its value and does not pass any link juice to your website. This can result in a decrease in PageRank.

  6. 5 Best Methods to Find and Remove Broken Links WordPress

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