The Broken Link Finder fetches any page you give it, extracts every outbound link, and checks each one live — flagging which are broken, up to 50 links per check.
How to Use It
- Enter the full URL of the page you want to check (e.g., a resource page or blog post).
- Run the check — the tool fetches the page, extracts its links, and checks each one's live status.
- Review results: green checkmarks are working links, red flags are broken ones, each with its actual HTTP status code.
- Fix or remove broken links on pages you control, or use the results to prioritize outreach for broken-link-building opportunities on pages you don't.
When to Use It
- Auditing your own resource or link pages — broken outbound links hurt user experience and can be a minor trust signal issue.
- Broken link building — find dead links on other sites' resource pages, then reach out suggesting your own content as a replacement (a well-known, legitimate link-building tactic).
- Pre-publish checks — verify every link in a new post or page actually resolves before it goes live.
What It Doesn't Do
The tool checks link status at the moment you run it — it doesn't monitor pages continuously or alert you when a previously-working link breaks later. For that, you'd need a recurring, scheduled check. It also caps at 50 links per page to keep checks fast and fair to shared infrastructure.
Where to Go Next
Found broken-link opportunities on other sites? Our Backlink Outreach Email Generator drafts a broken-link outreach pitch specifically for this situation.