301 vs 302: which redirect to use
Permanent vs temporary redirects, what crawlers do with each, and how chains of mixed codes make a mess.
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Broken links, 404s, redirects, and how to check them without a $300 crawler license.
404s inside your XML sitemap
Sitemaps should list indexable 200 URLs. How 404s and redirects get stuck in the file, what Search Console does with them, and how to verify.
Broken link building without pretending you have an index
Outreach that reuses dead citations. What a Chrome scan can and cannot do. No fake backlink database.
Broken Link Checker vs Advanced Broken Links Search
Side-by-side: 3-check trial vs currently free, popup vs side panel, and how fast each one crawls a whole site. Written by us, with the gaps named.
Check broken links after a redesign
After a launch, old hrefs, leftover sitemap rows, and homepage catch-alls show up as 404s and soft 404s. A practical pass in Chrome.
Do Broken Links Affect SEO? What Actually Matters
Broken links are not an automatic ranking penalty. They waste crawl, hide dead-end equity, and become a quality issue when they are the site.
Broken links on bank and corporate websites
Regional microsites, PDF graves, SSO walls, 1C-Bitrix marketing, custom Java portals. Scan what is public — slowly.
How to find and fix broken links in 1C-Bitrix
Composite cache, catalog SKUs, SEO-module 404s, and menus that still point at deleted infoblock items — how to scan a Bitrix site from Chrome.
How to find broken links on a custom-built website
No plugin will crawl your Laravel, Django, or homemade PHP. Scan the HTML Chrome renders, then fix hrefs in templates and 301s on the server.
Broken links on REG.RU, Beget, Timeweb and other hoster site builders
White-label constructors (often Site.Pro), REG.SITE WordPress, parked tariffs. Scan the published domain — the builder UI is not the live HTML.
How to find broken links on InSales
The common RU shop CMS: themes, filters, CDN photos, abandoned landing pages still in the menu.
How to find broken links on Shopify
Theme Liquid, app blocks, CDN images, markets, and checkout you cannot scan. A practical broken-link pass on a Shopify storefront.
How to find broken links on Tilda
Published vs draft, Zero blocks, tilda.ws vs a custom domain, and store pages that still link to a deleted product.
How to find broken links on Wix
Custom domain vs wixsite.com, repeaters, app iframes, and SEO URLs that never got a 301 after a rename.
How to Fix Broken Links in WordPress
Find dead links and images on a WordPress site, set 301s that survive permalink experiments, and stop plugins from inventing new rot.
How to find broken links on a Yandex KIT store
Yandex KIT is a shop constructor: templates, catalog import, custom HTML sections without JS. Scan the published storefront, not the editor.
404 Errors in Google Search Console — Fix or Ignore?
Which GSC 404s need a restore or 301, which are scrapers and typos, and how to verify on the live page before you touch redirects.
How Often Should You Check for Broken Links?
There is no universal calendar. Match frequency to how fast your URLs change — and always scan after a deploy, migration, or content dump.
How to Find and Fix Broken Images
Missing src, stale CDN files, lazy-loaded data-src. How to find broken images in the browser and what to fix besides the filename.
How to Find Broken Links on a Website
Seven practical ways to find dead links — from Chrome DevTools to a full-site crawl — and how to verify false positives before you rewrite URLs.
How to Scan a Whole Website for Broken Links
Start from one URL, follow internal links, use the sitemap, pause, export. A practical whole-site workflow in Chrome without a desktop crawler.
What link rot is (and what to scan)
Links die as pages move, campaigns expire, and CDNs rename files. How rot shows up on a live site and how to check it without a folklore schedule.
Mixed content: HTTP assets on an HTTPS page
Browsers block or warn on http:// images, scripts, and links inside https:// pages. How to find them in Chrome next to 404s.
Redirect Chains: How to Find and Fix Them
A 301 through three hops is still a delay. How to see the full chain in Chrome, when to flatten it, and when a 302 is the wrong code.
What a soft 404 actually is
A 200 page that Google treats as missing. How it differs from a hard 404, where it shows up, and how to check the live template in Chrome.
Staging vs production: where to scan for broken links
Staging hosts, basic auth, and noindex lie to you. Scan the URL the user opens, then the preview, not the other way around.
Find broken links on a Webflow site
Webflow CMS slugs, asset CDN paths, and published vs staged hosts. How to scan the live site in Chrome.
What Are Broken Links and Why They Hurt Your Website
A broken link is a URL that no longer leads where the author meant. Here is what 404, 410, and dead images actually do to users and SEO.
Broken links in Yandex Webmaster
Yandex lists clicks to dead URLs from Browser data. How that report differs from a live Chrome scan, and how to use both on .ru sites.