Find broken links

Find links that send visitors to a dead end. Broken Links shows both the page containing a link and the destination it checked, so you know where to make the fix.

Create a reportCopy Anchor Link

1. Select your project and open Broken Links.
2. Click New Report.
3. Enter the Website URL, for example https://booking.com/.
4. Choose a Scope: Page checks links on the submitted page; Site follows internal links to other pages.
5. For a site crawl, set Max Depth. Depth 0 checks the starting URL; depth 1 includes pages linked from it.
6. Set Max Pages to limit the crawl. The form accepts 1 to 500 pages.
7. Turn on Check External Links if you also want to check destinations on other domains.
8. Click Start Crawl. Open the completed report from the report list.

Interactive example · Booking.com · USReset

Broken LinksNew Report

New Broken Links Report

Crawl a page or entire website to detect broken links.

Crawl Settings

Configure what the crawler should check.

Website URL *

ScopeSite: crawl all internal pagesPage: check links on a single page only

Follows internal links recursively up to the configured depth.

Max Depth

0 = start URL only, 1 = linked pages, etc.

Max Pages

Between 1 and 500 pages.

Check External Links

Also HEAD-check links pointing to external domains.

CancelStart Crawl

Sample data. Try the controls; changes stay in this example.

For a quick first check, use Page on an important landing page. Use Site when you need to investigate navigation or a broader set of internal links.

Find the page that needs fixingCopy Anchor Link

Check the Total Links, Broken, and Working totals. External checked confirms whether external destinations were included.

Interactive example · Booking.com · USReset

Broken LinksReport

https://booking.com/

site crawl · created Sep 24, 2026

Recrawl

Total Links

9

Broken

3

Working

6

External checked

Yes

All links (9)Broken only (3)Working only (6)

Columns

Source PageChecked URLStatusLink TextTypeBroken

Source Page	Checked URL	Status	Link Text	Type	Broken
https://booking.com/	https://booking.com/city/us/new-york.html	200	Hotels in New York	Internal	No
https://booking.com/	https://booking.com/city/us/chicago.html	200	Hotels in Chicago	Internal	No
https://booking.com/	https://booking.com/city/us/miami-old.html	404	Hotels in Miami	Internal	Yes
https://booking.com/	https://travel-guide.example/new-york	200	New York travel guide	External	No
https://booking.com/city/us/chicago.html	https://booking.com/city/us/miami.html	200	Explore Miami	Internal	No
https://booking.com/city/us/chicago.html	https://booking.com/country/us.html	200	United States hotels	Internal	No
https://booking.com/city/us/miami.html	https://travel-guide.example/miami-old	404	Miami travel guide	External	Yes
https://booking.com/city/us/new-york.html	https://booking.com/hotel/us/central-park-old.html	404	Central Park hotel	Internal	Yes
https://booking.com/city/us/new-york.html	https://booking.com/city/us/boston.html	200	Explore Boston	Internal	No

9 of 9 sample links

Sample data. Try the controls; changes stay in this example.

Change All links to Broken only to focus the table. For each result:

• Source Page is where the link was found. Open this page in your website editor.
• Checked URL is the destination that was tested.
• Status shows the response from that destination.
• Link Text helps you identify the link on the page. Some resources have no link text.
• Type identifies the resource or link type.

Update or remove the incorrect link on your website, then use Re-crawl to check the result. You can sort the table and use Columns to keep the details you need visible.

The interactive example contains nine links: six working and three broken. Try the filters to find the pages that need attention. In your own report, the counts describe that crawl and its chosen scope; they do not guarantee that every page or future link is error-free.

Next, use OnSite Analysis to investigate page speed and other technical issues.