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# Checking your website for broken links

> Broken links can have a negative impact on your SEO and user experience. Learn how to find and fix broken links on your site.

This article describes two methods for checking a website for broken links:

* **Google Search Console** enables you to review any broken links and errors that Google's crawlers discover. This information is automatically updated every time Google crawls your site.

* **W3C Link Checker** scans your site for broken links on demand. This method also provides the specific line in the HTML source file that contains the broken link.

## Method #1: Google Search Console

To continuously monitor your site for broken links using Google Search Console, follow these steps:

1. Log in to your Google Search Console account.
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   > If you do not yet have a Google Search Console account, you can sign up for one [here](https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/home).

2. Click the site you want to monitor. The **Search Console** page appears.

3. Click **Crawl**, and then click **Fetch as Google**. Here you can request Google to crawl specific pages on your website.
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   > This process is not immediate. It can take up to one week for Google to crawl your site.

4. After Google crawls the site, to access the results click **Crawl**, and then click **Crawl Errors**. The **Crawl Errors** page appears.

5. Under **URL Errors**, you can see any broken links that Google discovered during the crawl process.

## Method #2: W3C Link Checker

To scan your site for broken links using W3C Link Checker, follow these steps:

1. Use your web browser to visit the [W3C Link Checker](http://validator.w3.org/checklink).

2. In the **Enter the address (URL) of a document that you would like to check** text box, type the URL of the site you want to scan.

3. To see only the relevant output, select the **Summary Only** check box.

4. To check links on subsequent pages, select the **Check linked documents recursively** check box. In the **recursion depth** text box, type how many levels you want to check.

5. Click **Check**. The results appear as each page is scanned.