{"id":24454,"date":"2024-08-22T09:40:06","date_gmt":"2024-08-21T23:40:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/digitalnomadshq.com.au\/?post_type=glossary&amp;p=24454"},"modified":"2024-08-22T09:40:06","modified_gmt":"2024-08-21T23:40:06","slug":"broken-link","status":"publish","type":"glossary","link":"https:\/\/digitalnomadshq.com.au\/glossary\/broken-link\/","title":{"rendered":"Broken Link"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What is a Broken Link?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A broken link is a link that points to a page or resource that no longer exists. Typically, these linked resources or pages may have been deleted without a redirect put in place. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When a user or website crawler follows a broken link, the server returns a 404 (not found) or a 410 (Gone) status code. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the SEO world, broken links can be divided into two categories:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Broken outgoing links (typically referenced as broken links) or;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Broken backlinks which are links to your website from external domains<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Do Broken Links Hurt Your Website&#8217;s Organic Performance?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is normal for a website to have broken links and broken backlinks. Website owners and businesses are constantly changing and adapting with webpages or resource being deleted constantly. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, the issues arises when a website has too many broken links which can lead to a poor user experience. Additionally, having too many broken links wastes crawl budget, where the crawler could be crawling more important pages in a website&#8217;s sitemap. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Broken backlinks are also a great opportunity for website owners or businesses, as these backlinks that lead to 404 pages on a website could potentially pass on link value and authority to a relevant live page on your website, increasing its chances to rank. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"content-type":""},"class_list":["post-24454","glossary","type-glossary","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/digitalnomadshq.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/glossary\/24454","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/digitalnomadshq.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/glossary"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/digitalnomadshq.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/glossary"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/digitalnomadshq.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24454"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}