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Preventing Dead Links

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Did you know that broken links can adversely affect a site’s performance in Google search? Here's how to easily find, fix and prevent dead links in three easy steps.
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Find dead links on your site.

Check your site for broken inbound and outbound links in seconds using the FREE Broken Link Checker from Ahrefs.

Use Broken Link Checker

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  • Just enter your web site page and get a list of broken links.
Ahrefs' Broken Link Checker, enter your URL in the field to search
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Search results from Ahrefs' Broken Link Checker

Repair or remove broken external links.

External links are hard to keep current. When possible, consider removing external links or only hyperlinking to their home page. 


Make your internal links dynamic!

When creating a hyperlink to an internal NKU page, use the page selection method below rather than just pasting in the page's URL. That way, when a page changes in the system (moved or deactivated), it fixes itself rather than becoming a broken link.

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  • Use the hyperlink tool and select the magnifying glass icon on the right.
AEM hyperlink prompt for URL with search icon link on right side.
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  • Navigate through the web branches to select the page you want hyperlinked.
AEM hyperlink prompt for showing navigation branches
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  • The final path will have "/content/www..." or "/content/inside..."
Final AEM hyperlink prompt with internal dynamic URL
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