Broken links are a silent website killer. They frustrate users and harm your site’s SEO by wasting crawl budget and creating poor user experiences. While many tools exist, you don’t always need one for a quick check. As Shayan Aman, an SEO consultant Dubai specializing in technical SEO audits, I often perform this simple manual check first. Here’s my ultra-fast method to find and fix broken links yourself.
The 1-Minute Manual Check (The Right-Click Method)
This is the best way to quickly verify several key links on a page such as links in your major navigation or to major landing pages.
- Navigate: Go to the webpage you want to check.
- Right-Click: Right-click on the link you want to test.
- Select “Open in New Tab”: This will open the link in a new browser tab.
- Analyze: Watch the new tab. When the page loads properly, then the link is good. If you see a “404 Not Found” error (or similar like 500, 403), you’ve found a broken link!
It’s that simple. This is the most straightforward way to spot-check critical links without any technical knowledge or software.
Fixing the Broken Links You Find
Finding the error is only half the battle. Here’s what to do next:
- Correct the URL: The simplest fix is often a typo. Maybe the URL is yourdomain.com/servies instead of yourdomain.com/services. Edit the link href to the correct address.
- Redirect the Link: If the page has moved permanently, set up a 301 redirect from the old, broken URL to the new, live page. This transfers SEO value and effectively directs users.
- Remove the Link: If the page is gone for good and there’s no suitable replacement, simply remove the hyperlink altogether. A dead link is worse than no link.
Why This Simple Task is Crucial for Your Dubai Business
A perfect web site is not a negotiable point to any business aiming at the competitive Dubai market. Having damaged links causes your site to appear amateurish and deserted, having a direct effect on the credibility of potential customers. Fixing them is a simple, but effective, SEO hygiene that not only helps increase search engine crawl efficiency, but also ensures that people remain active all the way to your lead generation objectives.
When to Call a Professional
Although this 1-minute fix is ideal in spot check, a complete site audit would involve use of powerful tools to crawl all the links in particular in large e-commerce websites. This is where high technical knowledge counts.
If you’ve found multiple errors or want a comprehensive audit to ensure your site is perfectly optimized for the Dubai market, it’s time to bring in a specialist. For a complete SEO strategy that drives growth, contact Shayan Aman, The best SEO specialist in Dubai, for a professional site analysis today. Let’s ensure your website is a conversion machine, not a dead end.
