What Are Broken Links?
In simple terms Broken links are the expired(non functioning) links that results in 404 page not found error pages or redirect the visitor to irrelevant content/sites.
How these Links are Generated?
There are many reasons that generates unwanted links or broken links.It can be internal or external.Internal broken links are those links that are caused within the site like renaming already indexed pages or due to misspelling in the links or in case of blogger blogs it is due to the links in the comment section that is not working or expired.Links to your site or post that you may have edited or completely deleted from external web property will results in external outbound links.Whether it is external or internal but will have a negative impact on you blog or site.So it must be checked often and you should remove them.For external broken links you have to contact the admin of the linking site and place a request to remove them.There are many link checker sites where you can find the broken links in your site just by entering the blog URL.The below site are some of the popular broken link checking sites check it out.
Broken Links Checker Sites :
* www.brokenlinkcheck.com
This is one of the most popular link checking site which report the error accurately within minutes.This is very easy to use,you just have to enter the testing sites url,enter the verification code and just press enter it will list out all the broken links,where the link is from and what is the server response of that bad link.
* valet.htmlhelp.com/link
* linktiger.com
* www.deadlinkchecker.com
* www.perfect-optimization.com/site-link-analyzer.php
* link-checker.info
* websitegoodies.com/tools/linkcheck.php
* validator.w3.org/checklink
* iwebtool.com/broken_link_checker
* addme.com/link-checker.htm
* www.2bone.com/links/linkchecker.shtml
* linkchecker.submitexpress.com