{"id":988515,"date":"2024-06-11T17:54:36","date_gmt":"2024-06-11T12:24:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/affablesolution.com\/?page_id=988515"},"modified":"2024-07-05T09:55:27","modified_gmt":"2024-07-05T04:25:27","slug":"broken-link","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/affablesolution.com\/glossary\/broken-link\/","title":{"rendered":"Broken Link"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"988515\" class=\"elementor elementor-988515\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f86a26f e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"f86a26f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-84eac84 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"84eac84\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Broken links<\/strong>\u00a0on a website are hyperlinks that no longer lead to their intended destination or web page. When a user clicks on a broken link, they are usually directed to an error page, commonly known as a \u201c404 error\u201d page, indicating that the content they were seeking is not available.<\/p><p><strong>Broken links<\/strong>\u00a0on a website are like roads that don\u2019t take you to the right place. When you click on them, you end up on a page that says something like \u201cOops, this page isn\u2019t here,\u201d which can be frustrating.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d848534 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d848534\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li><strong>Content Removal or URL Changes<\/strong>: When a website undergoes updates, restructures its content, or removes specific pages, the links pointing to those pages may become broken.<\/li><li><strong>Typographical Errors<\/strong>: Mistakes made during link creation or updates can result in broken links.<\/li><li><strong>External Websites Changes<\/strong>: If a website links to external sources, and those sources change their URLs or remove content, it can lead to broken links on the referring website.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-90210dc e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"90210dc\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-41f76ef elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"41f76ef\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Having broken links on a website is a problem because<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1a358d9 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"1a358d9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ebf9276 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ebf9276\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li><strong>It Annoys Visitors<\/strong>: People get annoyed when they can\u2019t find what they\u2019re looking for, and they might leave the website.<\/li><li><strong>It Affects Google<\/strong>: Google and other search engines don\u2019t like broken links. If a website has too many of them, it can make the site show up lower in search results.<\/li><li><strong>It Looks Bad<\/strong>: A website with lots of broken links doesn\u2019t seem very reliable or professional.<\/li><\/ul><p>To fix this, website owners need to regularly check their links. They can use tools to find and repair the broken ones. It\u2019s also a good idea to make sure that if a web page\u2019s address changes, there\u2019s a way for the old link to automatically send you to the new page. This helps keep the website in good shape and makes visitors happy because they can find what they\u2019re\u00a0looking\u00a0for.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Broken links\u00a0on a website are hyperlinks that no longer lead to their intended destination or web page. When a user clicks on a broken link, they are usually directed to an error page, commonly known as a \u201c404 error\u201d page, indicating that the content they were seeking is not available. Broken links\u00a0on a website are&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":988423,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-988515","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/affablesolution.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/988515","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/affablesolution.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/affablesolution.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/affablesolution.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/affablesolution.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=988515"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/affablesolution.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/988515\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":988519,"href":"https:\/\/affablesolution.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/988515\/revisions\/988519"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/affablesolution.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/988423"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/affablesolution.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=988515"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}