Checks / Links, canonical and speed
Links to pages that no longer exist
Pages link out to addresses that answer 404 or 410, or do not resolve at all. Readers and assistants following the source find nothing, and a page of dead sources reads as unmaintained.
outbound_dead · Links, canonical and speed · Warning
What to change
Remove each dead link or point it at the page that replaced it.
How common it is
We have not measured how common this is on a sample of sites. Counts appear here when a study covers it.
About this check
| Check ID | outbound_dead |
|---|---|
| Report section | Links, canonical and speed |
| Severity | Warning |
| How it is decided | Measured: read directly from the page or the server's response. |
| Added | Before 19 Oct 2026 (versions 1 and 2), or a site-wide check with no version date yet |
| Status | Measured in every report |
| Report gives the code | No, the fix is described in words |
Related checks
- Links to addresses that have moved
- Broken internal links
- Canonical points to a broken or redirecting URL
- Redirect loop
- Canonical points to a noindex page
- Canonical points to another page
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