Thread: What is a non-working link?

Why does the tool return "working" and "non-working" links? How can a link not work?

Originally Posted by mtford

Why does the tool return "working" and "non-working" links? How can a link not work?

link to be disappear for the reason, page not found, expiry domain and bla bla but SE still cache it .... or do n no follow link ?
some SEO tool show as work and non working link ...

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There's no perfect definition but here's another explanation :

working link :

Code:

Google

non working link :

Code:

http://www.google.com

It could also be a link that has bad coding...so that it appears to work but it doesn't go to the proper URL.

Originally Posted by Snak3

There's no perfect definition but here's another explanation :

working link :

Code:

Google

non working link :

Code:

http://www.google.com

This is what i want to reply..

I think a "non-working link" is the same as a "broken link"... that is, a link that takes you to a page that doesn't exist.
But it could also be literally a link that doesn't work, and doesn't take you anywhere, but then it isn't really a link, it is just an address (url)...
This is an interesting philosophical question!

If the link takes you to where it says it will, it works.

If the link does not take you to where it says it will, it does not work.

Links go dead all the time as sites are taken down (could be not renewing the domain to not having hosting anymore).

There is a software somewhere that will check your site(s) for any links that are no longer working.
But then, my take is if you have like 500 pages or more, useless work to hunt down those links and remove them.
So they get to live on forever.

Here's the NetBuilder's broken link checker:
Webmaster Tools

Other NB tools:
Webmaster Tools

bottom left of the forum page in the event you don't scroll down that far.
Cheers,
James

There is probably an error to the code