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LinkRotly overview, features, pricing, and FAQ/Author
About Julien Jimenez, the founder behind LinkRotly/author/Blog
Guides on broken link monitoring/blog/Why Broken Links Quietly Hurt Your SEO
Broken links do not announce themselves. Here is how they erode rankings and trust over time./blog/broken-links-hurt-seo/Internal vs External Broken Links: Which to Fix First
Not all broken links are equal. Here is how to prioritize your fixes for the most impact./blog/internal-vs-external-broken-links/How to Find Broken Links at Scale
Checking a big site by hand is impossible. Here is how to find every broken link systematically./blog/find-broken-links-at-scale/Redirects Done Right: Avoiding Chains and Loops
Redirects are useful, but messy ones cost you. Here is how to keep them clean./blog/redirects-done-right/What a 404 Does to a Visitor, and How to Soften It
A dead end does not have to be a lost visitor. Here is how to handle 404s gracefully./blog/what-a-404-does/How Often Should You Audit Your Site for Broken Links
Once a year is not enough for an active site. Here is a sensible schedule./blog/how-often-audit-broken-links/Broken Links After a Site Migration: A Survival Guide
Migrations are where links break in bulk. Here is how to come through one with your SEO intact./blog/broken-links-after-migration/Link Rot: Why the Web Decays and How to Cope
The links you rely on slowly stop working. Here is why, and what to do about it./blog/link-rot-explained/Turning a Broken Link Report Into a Fix Plan
A list of broken links is not a plan. Here is how to turn a report into action./blog/broken-link-report-to-fix-plan/Why does a page return a 200 status yet still behave like a broken link?
Soft 404s pass every basic status check while sending visitors to an empty template or a not found message. Here is how they happen, how to detect them, and how to fix them at the source./blog/soft-404-pages-explained/How do you keep affiliate links from dying quietly and costing you commissions?
Affiliate links fail in ways ordinary link checks do not catch: ended programs, changed tracking parameters, and redirect chains that drop your ID. Here is how to monitor them so the failures show up before the revenue dip does./blog/affiliate-links-dying-quietly/What should a marketing team do when links in an already sent email break?
You cannot edit an email once it is in the inbox, but you can control where its links land. A practical playbook for catching and repairing broken links in campaigns that have already gone out./blog/broken-links-sent-emails/Which broken images, PDFs, and embedded files do standard link checkers usually miss?
A page can pass a link check while its hero image, downloadable guide, or embedded video is dead. Here is what typical crawlers skip and how to close the gaps./blog/broken-assets-checkers-miss/When should a slow or timing out link be treated as a broken link?
Not every timeout is a dead page, and not every slow response is harmless. How to set thresholds, retry sensibly, and decide when a sluggish destination deserves a fix./blog/timeouts-versus-broken-links/Why does your link checker report 403 errors on pages that open fine in a browser?
Bot protection, user agent filtering, and rate limiting make healthy pages look forbidden to automated checks. How to tell a false positive from a real block, and what to change on your side./blog/false-403-link-checker-errors/How much broken link alerting is too much before a team starts ignoring it?
A monitor that emails on every flicker gets muted within weeks. How to tune confirmation, batching, and routing so the alerts that matter still get opened./blog/alert-fatigue-link-monitoring/What is the best way to handle a dead external link when an archived copy still exists?
Deleting every dead citation strips your content of its evidence, while linking blindly to an archive has its own pitfalls. A decision guide for editors who want to do this well./blog/archived-copy-or-remove-link/What should a website owner do when a domain they link to expires and changes hands?
An expired domain can be registered by anyone, and your old links then point wherever the new owner decides. How to detect the switch and respond before it costs you reader trust./blog/expired-linked-domains-hijacked/How do you find valuable backlinks pointing to pages on your site that no longer exist?
Other websites still link to pages you deleted or moved years ago, and every one of those links now lands on an error. Here is how to find them, decide what each one deserves, and stop creating new ones./blog/reclaim-links-to-deleted-pages/Why do dead URLs in your sitemap, canonical tags, and feeds cause quieter damage than dead links on a page?
The URLs your site emits outside body copy are read by machines and never clicked by a person, so when they break nothing tells you. Here is how to find them and which failures deserve panic./blog/dead-urls-in-sitemaps-feeds/Complete guide
Everything a site owner, marketer, or developer needs to understand, find, fix, and prevent broken links, from the first crawl to a continuous monitoring routine./guide/Compare options
Five ways to keep a website free of dead links, compared honestly on coverage, effort, speed, scale, and cost, so you can pick the one that fits your site rather than the one with the longest feature list./compare/Glossary and FAQ
Plain-language definitions of the terms you will meet when finding, fixing, and monitoring broken links, followed by answers to the questions site owners ask most./glossary/Free tools
Free calculators and planners/tools/Broken Link Revenue Loss Calculator
Estimates how many sessions, conversions and dollars a website loses each month to visitors who hit a dead link, for marketers and site owners who need a number before they can justify fixing it./tools/broken-link-revenue-loss/Manual Link Audit Time and Cost Calculator
Estimates how many hours and dollars it takes to check every link on a website by hand, for content teams and agencies deciding whether to automate link checking./tools/manual-link-audit-time/Link Rot Forecast Calculator
Forecasts how many outbound links on a site will die each month and how many are broken at any given moment under a scheduled audit versus continuous monitoring, for editors and SEO teams planning a link checking schedule./tools/link-rot-forecast/Which broken link monitoring approach fits your site?
Seven quick questions about your site, your team, and how links break for you, then a plain recommendation for what to do next./quiz/Site Migration Link Protection Checklist
A before, launch day, and after checklist that keeps a site migration, redesign, or domain change from turning into a wave of broken links./templates/site-migration-link-checklist/Broken Link Triage Worksheet
A working sheet for turning a raw broken link report into a grouped, prioritized fix plan with a named owner for every entry./templates/broken-link-triage-worksheet/Disclosure
How this site is funded/disclosure/Legal notice
Publisher and hosting information/legal/Privacy policy
How your data is collected and protected/privacy/Terms of service
The terms that govern use of the service/terms/
LinkRotly overview, features, pricing, and FAQ/Author
About Julien Jimenez, the founder behind LinkRotly/author/Blog
Guides on broken link monitoring/blog/Why Broken Links Quietly Hurt Your SEO
Broken links do not announce themselves. Here is how they erode rankings and trust over time./blog/broken-links-hurt-seo/Internal vs External Broken Links: Which to Fix First
Not all broken links are equal. Here is how to prioritize your fixes for the most impact./blog/internal-vs-external-broken-links/How to Find Broken Links at Scale
Checking a big site by hand is impossible. Here is how to find every broken link systematically./blog/find-broken-links-at-scale/Redirects Done Right: Avoiding Chains and Loops
Redirects are useful, but messy ones cost you. Here is how to keep them clean./blog/redirects-done-right/What a 404 Does to a Visitor, and How to Soften It
A dead end does not have to be a lost visitor. Here is how to handle 404s gracefully./blog/what-a-404-does/How Often Should You Audit Your Site for Broken Links
Once a year is not enough for an active site. Here is a sensible schedule./blog/how-often-audit-broken-links/Broken Links After a Site Migration: A Survival Guide
Migrations are where links break in bulk. Here is how to come through one with your SEO intact./blog/broken-links-after-migration/Link Rot: Why the Web Decays and How to Cope
The links you rely on slowly stop working. Here is why, and what to do about it./blog/link-rot-explained/Turning a Broken Link Report Into a Fix Plan
A list of broken links is not a plan. Here is how to turn a report into action./blog/broken-link-report-to-fix-plan/Why does a page return a 200 status yet still behave like a broken link?
Soft 404s pass every basic status check while sending visitors to an empty template or a not found message. Here is how they happen, how to detect them, and how to fix them at the source./blog/soft-404-pages-explained/How do you keep affiliate links from dying quietly and costing you commissions?
Affiliate links fail in ways ordinary link checks do not catch: ended programs, changed tracking parameters, and redirect chains that drop your ID. Here is how to monitor them so the failures show up before the revenue dip does./blog/affiliate-links-dying-quietly/What should a marketing team do when links in an already sent email break?
You cannot edit an email once it is in the inbox, but you can control where its links land. A practical playbook for catching and repairing broken links in campaigns that have already gone out./blog/broken-links-sent-emails/Which broken images, PDFs, and embedded files do standard link checkers usually miss?
A page can pass a link check while its hero image, downloadable guide, or embedded video is dead. Here is what typical crawlers skip and how to close the gaps./blog/broken-assets-checkers-miss/When should a slow or timing out link be treated as a broken link?
Not every timeout is a dead page, and not every slow response is harmless. How to set thresholds, retry sensibly, and decide when a sluggish destination deserves a fix./blog/timeouts-versus-broken-links/Why does your link checker report 403 errors on pages that open fine in a browser?
Bot protection, user agent filtering, and rate limiting make healthy pages look forbidden to automated checks. How to tell a false positive from a real block, and what to change on your side./blog/false-403-link-checker-errors/How much broken link alerting is too much before a team starts ignoring it?
A monitor that emails on every flicker gets muted within weeks. How to tune confirmation, batching, and routing so the alerts that matter still get opened./blog/alert-fatigue-link-monitoring/What is the best way to handle a dead external link when an archived copy still exists?
Deleting every dead citation strips your content of its evidence, while linking blindly to an archive has its own pitfalls. A decision guide for editors who want to do this well./blog/archived-copy-or-remove-link/What should a website owner do when a domain they link to expires and changes hands?
An expired domain can be registered by anyone, and your old links then point wherever the new owner decides. How to detect the switch and respond before it costs you reader trust./blog/expired-linked-domains-hijacked/How do you find valuable backlinks pointing to pages on your site that no longer exist?
Other websites still link to pages you deleted or moved years ago, and every one of those links now lands on an error. Here is how to find them, decide what each one deserves, and stop creating new ones./blog/reclaim-links-to-deleted-pages/Why do dead URLs in your sitemap, canonical tags, and feeds cause quieter damage than dead links on a page?
The URLs your site emits outside body copy are read by machines and never clicked by a person, so when they break nothing tells you. Here is how to find them and which failures deserve panic./blog/dead-urls-in-sitemaps-feeds/Complete guide
Everything a site owner, marketer, or developer needs to understand, find, fix, and prevent broken links, from the first crawl to a continuous monitoring routine./guide/Compare options
Five ways to keep a website free of dead links, compared honestly on coverage, effort, speed, scale, and cost, so you can pick the one that fits your site rather than the one with the longest feature list./compare/Glossary and FAQ
Plain-language definitions of the terms you will meet when finding, fixing, and monitoring broken links, followed by answers to the questions site owners ask most./glossary/Free tools
Free calculators and planners/tools/Broken Link Revenue Loss Calculator
Estimates how many sessions, conversions and dollars a website loses each month to visitors who hit a dead link, for marketers and site owners who need a number before they can justify fixing it./tools/broken-link-revenue-loss/Manual Link Audit Time and Cost Calculator
Estimates how many hours and dollars it takes to check every link on a website by hand, for content teams and agencies deciding whether to automate link checking./tools/manual-link-audit-time/Link Rot Forecast Calculator
Forecasts how many outbound links on a site will die each month and how many are broken at any given moment under a scheduled audit versus continuous monitoring, for editors and SEO teams planning a link checking schedule./tools/link-rot-forecast/Which broken link monitoring approach fits your site?
Seven quick questions about your site, your team, and how links break for you, then a plain recommendation for what to do next./quiz/Site Migration Link Protection Checklist
A before, launch day, and after checklist that keeps a site migration, redesign, or domain change from turning into a wave of broken links./templates/site-migration-link-checklist/Broken Link Triage Worksheet
A working sheet for turning a raw broken link report into a grouped, prioritized fix plan with a named owner for every entry./templates/broken-link-triage-worksheet/Disclosure
How this site is funded/disclosure/Legal notice
Publisher and hosting information/legal/Privacy policy
How your data is collected and protected/privacy/Terms of service
The terms that govern use of the service/terms/
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