In this article, we’ll find out just how dangerous our website broken links are, both from a user’s and a search engine’s perspective. On the contrary, this URL will be far more difficult to type correctly (and to remember): /products/. Another possible cause for internal and external broken links is a typing error.įor example, a well-thought URL to display a set of armchairs inside an online store is the following: /products/armchairs. This usually results from linking to third parties that have moved or deleted their content. That means the link that leads nowhere takes us “outside” our website.

The content on the internal links has been moved or deleted.

The website has been renamed or moved, its structure has changed, and internal links weren’t modified accordingly.

In the case of internal links (pointing somewhere within your website), it’s usually due to two causes: What happened? You just clicked on a broken link.Ī dead or broken link is a link that points to nowhere.

You don’t get a carefully curated selection of great armchairs you just get a 404 error page.

But when you visit one of your favourite stores, you click the link to the “Armchair” category in their menu, and it takes you to an error page. Your best options are three local businesses, so you go to their online stores to browse their catalogue and eventually make a purchase. Picture this: You’ve just moved to a new home, and you’re looking for a new set of armchairs.

Google report a broken link