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Find and Fix Broken Links Across Your Site Automatically
Broken links hurt SEO and UX. Crawl your site regularly, detect broken internal and outbound links, and route them for a quick fix.
difficulty Intermediatesetup 35 minresult Broken links are caught and fixed promptly, protecting your SEO and user experience.—
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Schedule the Crawl
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Schedule Triggerrunning weekly to check your pages. - 2
Check Each Link
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HTTP Requestnodes testing links and flagging non-200 responses. - 3
Log the Broken Ones
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Google Sheetsnode recording each broken link and where it appears. - 4
Route for Fixing
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Slacknode sending the list to the content team to repair or redirect. - 5
Activate and Test
Activate the workflow with a known broken link. Confirm it's detected.
Frequently asked questions
Internal or outbound links?
Check both — broken internal links hurt crawlability, and dead outbound links hurt credibility.
Can I auto-redirect?
For known moved pages, apply redirects automatically and flag the rest for manual fixing.
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