Broken Links

Detects links returning 404 or 5xx errors

Rule ID	links/broken-links
Category	Links
Scope	Site-wide
Severity	error
Weight	7/10

Solution

Broken links hurt user experience and waste crawl budget. Regularly audit links using tools or crawlers. Fix or remove broken links. Set up 301 redirects for moved content. For external links, consider using nofollow and regularly verifying they still work. Implement custom 404 pages that help users find content.

Enable / Disable

Disable this rule

[rules]
disable = ["links/broken-links"]

Disable all Links rules

[rules]
disable = ["links/*"]

Enable only this rule

[rules]
enable = ["links/broken-links"]
disable = ["*"]