{"Status":true,"Message":"","Response":{"post":{"postuid":"f82fd6fc-688d-47d1-90ab-678aea310492","tenantuid":"d8b744fc-2e70-4089-bb80-dd1d08f6c7b2","projectuid":"fc6490ac-7527-4f49-b06e-46f701280e85","title":"Finding Broken Links with the SEO Report","slug":"article/finding-broken-links-with-the-seo-report","html":"\u003Cp\u003EBroken links frustrate readers and hurt your search rankings. The \u003Cb\u003ESEO\u003C/b\u003E page crawls your published site and lists every link that doesn\u0027t work, plus every link that points to another website. This article also covers the settings that control how search engines index your site.\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ch2 id=\u0022open_the_seo_report\u0022\u003EOpen the SEO report\u003C/h2\u003E\u003Cp\u003EClick \u003Cb\u003ESEO\u003C/b\u003E in the left navigation. The page is titled \u003Cb\u003ESearch Engine Optimization\u003C/b\u003E and has two tabs: \u003Cb\u003EBroken Links\u003C/b\u003E and \u003Cb\u003EOutbound Links\u003C/b\u003E. The results come from the most recent link audit.\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ch2 id=\u0022run_a_link_audit\u0022\u003ERun a link audit\u003C/h2\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOn the \u003Cb\u003EBroken Links\u003C/b\u003E tab, click \u003Cb\u003ERun Link Audit\u003C/b\u003E. You\u0027ll see \u003Cb\u003EAudit queued. Broken links will update when the crawl completes.\u003C/b\u003E The crawl runs in the background and usually finishes within a few minutes, depending on the size of your site. Reload the page to see the new results.\u003C/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe audit starts from your site\u0027s \u003Ccode\u003Esitemap.xml\u003C/code\u003E, visits every published article, and checks every link it finds. A link counts as broken when it doesn\u0027t return a successful response, times out after 15 seconds, or fails to connect. Each audit replaces the previous results.\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ccite class=\u0022recommended\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022title\u0022\u003ERefresh from Settings\u003C/span\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cb\u003ESettings\u003C/b\u003E \u2192 \u003Cb\u003EAdvanced\u003C/b\u003E \u2192 \u003Cb\u003ERefresh Internal Link Index\u003C/b\u003E runs the same crawl. Click \u003Cb\u003ERefresh Link Index\u003C/b\u003E there after a large reorganization. The crawl also rebuilds the index of which articles link to which, used for backlink tracking in the editor.\u003C/p\u003E\u003C/cite\u003E\u003Ch2 id=\u0022broken_links_tab\u0022\u003EBroken Links tab\u003C/h2\u003E\u003Cfigure\u003E\u003Cimg class=\u0022lazy-load\u0022 data-src=\u0022https://graffiti-auf7e6dwhxhcbwek.z03.azurefd.net/d8b744fc-2e70-4089-bb80-dd1d08f6c7b2/fc6490ac-7527-4f49-b06e-46f701280e85/images/57c0c620e9624ca598f347b74263a6c1.png?v=196013727\u0022 data-width=\u00221150\u0022 data-height=\u0022900\u0022 style=\u0022max-width: 100%;\u0022 alt=\u0022SEO page Broken Links tab listing links with status, type, URL and where they were found\u0022/\u003E\u003Cfigcaption\u003EThe Broken Links report\u003C/figcaption\u003E\u003C/figure\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe tab shows how many broken links were found, then lists them with links on your own site first:\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ctable border=\u00221\u0022 style=\u0022border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;\u0022\u003E\u003Cthead\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Cth\u003EColumn\u003C/th\u003E\u003Cth\u003EShows\u003C/th\u003E\u003C/tr\u003E\u003C/thead\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E\u003Cb\u003EStatus\u003C/b\u003E\u003C/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003EThe HTTP status code the link returned, such as 404 or 500. \u003Cb\u003EError\u003C/b\u003E means there was no response; hover over it to see why\u003C/td\u003E\u003C/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E\u003Cb\u003EType\u003C/b\u003E\u003C/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E\u003Cb\u003EInternal\u003C/b\u003E for links to your own site, \u003Cb\u003EExternal\u003C/b\u003E for links to other sites\u003C/td\u003E\u003C/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E\u003Cb\u003EURL\u003C/b\u003E\u003C/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003EThe broken link\u003C/td\u003E\u003C/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E\u003Cb\u003EFound On\u003C/b\u003E\u003C/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003EThe page that contains the link\u003C/td\u003E\u003C/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E\u003Cb\u003EAnchor Text\u003C/b\u003E\u003C/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003EThe linked text on that page\u003C/td\u003E\u003C/tr\u003E\u003C/table\u003E\u003Cp\u003EClick any URL, page or anchor text to copy it. Use the \u003Cb\u003EAll Statuses\u003C/b\u003E menu to show one status code, and the \u003Cb\u003EAll Types\u003C/b\u003E menu to show only \u003Cb\u003EInternal\u003C/b\u003E or \u003Cb\u003EExternal\u003C/b\u003E links. When nothing is broken, the tab shows \u003Cb\u003ENo broken links found.\u003C/b\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u003Ch3 id=\u0022fix_a_broken_link\u0022\u003EFix a broken link\u003C/h3\u003E\u003Col\u003E\u003Cli\u003ECopy the \u003Cb\u003EFound On\u003C/b\u003E page and open it in the editor.\u003C/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003ESearch the article for the \u003Cb\u003EAnchor Text\u003C/b\u003E and update or remove the link. 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