What Does the Internal Link Checker Do?
The Internal Link Checker scans a page on your website and validates every internal link it finds. It verifies that each link resolves to a live page (HTTP 200), detects redirect chains that waste crawl budget and dilute authority, analyzes anchor text for keyword relevance, and flags improperly applied nofollow attributes. The result is a complete health report for the internal linking on that page.
Internal links are the circulatory system of your website. They carry ranking authority from high-performing pages to newer or weaker ones. They tell search engines which pages are most important and how topics on your site relate to each other. When internal links break — due to deleted pages, changed URLs, or typos — that flow of authority stops. Orphan pages appear. Crawl efficiency drops. Rankings decline. This tool helps you find and fix those breaks before they cause damage.
How It Works
Enter your website URL
Paste the URL of any page on your site. The checker analyzes all internal links found on that page — links pointing to other pages on the same domain.
We follow every internal link
The checker sends a HEAD request to each linked URL to verify it returns a 200 OK status. It detects 404 errors, redirect chains (301/302), server errors (5xx), and timeout issues.
Anchor text and attributes are analyzed
We examine the anchor text of each link for keyword relevance and variety. We also check for nofollow, sponsored, and ugc attributes that may be unintentionally applied to internal links.
Review your link health report
The report lists every internal link on the page with its status, destination, anchor text, and any issues found. Broken links and redirect chains are highlighted for immediate attention.
What You'll Get
- Broken internal link detection with HTTP status codes
- Redirect chain identification (301/302 hop count)
- Anchor text analysis for keyword relevance and variety
- Outgoing vs. incoming link ratio per page
- Nofollow and sponsored attribute detection on internal links
- Link depth analysis showing how many clicks from the homepage
Why Use an Internal Link Checker?
Broken internal links are one of the most common and most damaging technical SEO issues. Every broken link is a dead end for both users and search engine crawlers. Users hit a 404 page and leave your site — increasing bounce rate. Crawlers waste their limited crawl budget on dead URLs instead of indexing your valuable content. Studies show that sites with clean internal link structures are crawled more efficiently and indexed more completely. For a comprehensive guide to internal linking strategy, see our internal linking strategy resource.
Beyond fixing broken links, this tool helps you optimize anchor text — the clickable text of your links. Using descriptive, keyword-relevant anchor text helps search engines understand what the linked page is about. Generic anchors like "click here" or "read more" waste an opportunity to signal topical relevance. Our checker identifies these generic anchors so you can replace them with descriptive alternatives. Learn more about anchor text optimization in our anchor text best practices guide.
This tool checks internal links on a single page. It cannot detect orphan pages (pages with zero incoming links) or map your full site's link graph from one page alone. For site-wide internal link auditing and automatic fix deployment, upgrade to our full platform.
Go Beyond Free: AI SEO Agents
Checking one page at a time reveals immediate problems, but your internal link structure is a site-wide system. Our AI SEO Agents monitor your entire link graph continuously. They detect broken links the moment they appear — when a page is deleted, a URL changes, or a redirect loop is created. Agents fix broken links automatically by updating the pointing page or setting up proper redirects.
More importantly, agents proactively build internal links. When you publish a new article, the agent identifies existing pages that should link to it and adds contextual links with optimized anchor text. This ensures every new page is discovered quickly by search engines and inherits authority from your existing content. No more orphan pages, no more manual link building. Explore our pricing plans to automate your internal linking.
Broken links cost you rankings every day they go unfixed. Let AI agents monitor, repair, and build your internal link structure automatically.
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