Every broken link, redirect chain, and anchor issue — found.
Broken Link Checker
Broken links are one of the most common and damaging technical SEO issues. A single 404 error doesn't just frustrate users — it wastes crawl budget, dilutes link equity, and signals neglect to search engines. Redirect chains (A redirects to B, which redirects to C) compound the problem by adding latency and losing PageRank at each hop. EchoBat's Link Health lens checks every internal and external link on your site and surfaces issues ranked by impact.
How It Works
EchoBat's crawler follows every link it discovers, recording the HTTP status code for each. The Link Health lens then analyzes the full link graph: broken links are grouped by status code and source page, redirect chains are traced to their final destination and measured by hop count, and anchor text is evaluated for quality and diversity. Issues are ranked by a composite impact score that considers the linking page's authority and traffic.
Proof Returned in the Report
Every Broken Link Checker finding is tied to crawl evidence: affected URLs, the source signal, severity, score impact, and the next action exposed in the portal, CLI JSON, and MCP tools.
Sample Evidence Fields
- Broken Internal Links: Pages returning 404 or 5xx status codes when linked from other pages on your site.
- Broken External Links: Outbound links pointing to third-party pages that no longer exist or return errors.
- Redirect Chains: Links that pass through 3 or more redirects, losing PageRank and adding latency at each hop.
Why It Matters
- Find broken links before Google does — protect your crawl budget
- Results ranked by impact: high-traffic pages with broken links surface first
- Detects redirect chains that waste PageRank across multiple hops
- Catches anchor text issues that affect keyword relevance signals