Find the broken links and error pages on your site.
Broken links waste crawl budget, frustrate visitors, and leak authority into dead ends. RankForge crawls your site and reports every page returning an error or redirect. Paste your URL — free, no account required.
What you'll get
An example of what the broken link checkerproduces — your real result will use your site's data.
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Broken / error URLs
How the broken link checker works
From a URL to an answer in three steps — no setup, no spreadsheets.
Paste your URL
No account, no install, no plugin. Enter any URL and start — RankForge works the way a search engine does.
We crawl & map your site
RankForge crawls up to 100 pages, following internal links and building a map of how your pages connect.
Get your result
See the findings in minutes — with a plain-English explanation and the specific fixes a free account away.
What this tool checks
Common problems this finds
The issues this check most often surfaces on real sites:
- error_outlineInternal links pointing to 404 (not found) pages
- error_outlineRedirect chains that waste crawl budget and leak authority
- error_outlineServer errors (5xx) on pages that should resolve
Why broken link checker matters for SEO
Broken links waste the crawl budget search engines allocate to your site, create dead ends that trap link authority, and signal a poorly maintained site to both users and crawlers. Every 404 a visitor hits is a lost conversion, and every one a crawler hits is wasted attention that could have gone to your real content. Finding and redirecting them recovers that authority and improves how thoroughly and how often search engines crawl the pages you actually want ranked. On larger and older sites, broken links accumulate silently — a periodic check is basic, high-value maintenance.
Broken Link Checker: frequently asked questions
What counts as a broken link?expand_more
A broken link points to a page that returns an error — most commonly a 404 (not found) or a 5xx (server error). These hurt user experience and waste the crawl budget search engines allocate to your site.
Why do broken links hurt SEO?expand_more
They waste crawl budget, create dead ends that trap authority, and signal a poorly maintained site. Fixing or redirecting them recovers authority and improves how thoroughly search engines crawl your content.
What does the full audit add?expand_more
The free check lists the error pages. A free account adds which pages link to each broken URL, crawl-efficiency analysis, the structural fixes, a client-ready PDF, and weekly re-crawls.
Run the broken link checker now
Free, no account required. Create a free account afterwards for the full audit and the specific fixes.