Broken internal links
Find crawled source pages linking to destinations that returned a 4xx or 5xx response.
BUILD A STRONGER LINK GRAPH
Internal link audit and broken link analysis
Audit internal links, broken destinations, orphan pages, weakly linked content, top linked pages, and external domains from a focused site crawl.
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Internal links shape discovery, context, and the paths search engines can follow through a website. SerpOrbit turns the latest technical crawl into a link graph so broken paths and pages needing more internal support are visible together.
CAPABILITIES
What you can do
Orphan-page candidates
Surface crawlable pages receiving no internal links from other pages in the completed audit.
Internal link opportunities
Prioritize healthy pages with zero or one inbound link, including their title, word count, and outbound-link totals.
Link distribution
Compare the most linked pages and review which external domains appear across the crawled site.
WORKFLOW
From data to action
- 1
Run a site audit
Crawl up to 100 same-site pages from the homepage, robots.txt, sitemaps, and discovered links.
- 2
Build the graph
Count unique page-to-page links and connect each target to its crawled response evidence.
- 3
Fix weak paths
Repair broken targets and add relevant contextual links to pages receiving little internal support.
COMMON TASKS
Find broken internal links and pages that need more link equity
Use the latest crawl to investigate navigation gaps, content hubs, migration mistakes, and pages that search engines may struggle to discover through normal site paths.
Find broken internal links across a website
See the exact source page, broken destination, and crawled HTTP status so redirects or links can be corrected without repeating the crawl manually.
Identify orphan-page candidates
Locate crawled pages with no inbound links from other pages in the audit and confirm whether navigation, contextual links, or sitemap-only discovery caused the gap.
Find internal link opportunities for important pages
Prioritize healthy pages receiving zero or one internal link, then use their subject and current site structure to add relevant contextual paths.
Analyze internal PageRank equity distribution
Evaluate click depth and inbound link counts across crawled pages to ensure critical conversion and pillar pages receive strong link equity.
Identify nofollow equity leakage on internal links
Flag internal links incorrectly marked with rel='nofollow', ensuring internal crawl equity flows unimpeded across your domain.
SPECIFIC QUESTIONS
Questions this workflow answers
How does SerpOrbit find broken internal links?
The site audit stores each page's discovered links and response status. The link report matches internal targets to crawled pages and lists links whose known destination returned a 4xx or 5xx response.
What is an orphan page in an internal link audit?
In this report, an orphan-page candidate is a healthy crawled URL with no inbound links from another crawled page. Because the free crawl is limited to 100 pages, the result is evidence from the audit scope rather than a claim about every page on a large site.
Does the internal link checker require a paid backlink API?
No. It analyzes first-party crawl evidence collected by SerpOrbit. External backlink counts require a separate licensed index, but internal link structure can be measured directly from pages the crawler visits.
Why are internal links important for Google rankings?
Internal links establish site architecture, distribute PageRank equity from high-authority pages to newer content, and provide contextual anchor text that helps search engines understand page topical relevance.
How many internal links should a key landing page have?
Important landing pages should typically be reachable within 2 to 3 clicks from the homepage and feature contextual inbound links from topically relevant articles across the site.