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A broken link (often called a "dead link" or a "404 error") is a hyperlink on a website that points to a webpage or resource that no longer exists. When a user clicks on a broken link, the server usually returns a 404 Not Found error, meaning the requested content could not be located.
Clicking a link and hitting a dead end is frustrating for visitors. A high number of broken links increases your bounce rate, which tells Google your site might not be high quality.
Search engine bots have a limited "crawl budget" for your site. If they spend their time crawling broken links instead of your important new pages, your overall SEO suffers.
If another website links to a page on your site that is now broken, all that valuable SEO "link juice" is completely lost. Fixing or redirecting 404s reclaims that authority.
Google's algorithms view active, well-maintained websites favorably. A site littered with dead links looks abandoned, which can negatively impact your keyword rankings.
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