Free Broken Link Checker for AI Citations

Paste a page URL to see which of its outbound links are dead or redirecting — framed as what a rotting citation costs when an AI engine checks your sources, not a bare status code.

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Every outbound link on a page is a citation. When one 404s, a reader can't verify it — and neither can an AI engine deciding whether the page around it is trustworthy enough to quote.

What this checks

Paste a page URL and it fetches that one page, finds every link pointing off your site, and probes each one. Dead links and redirecting links are reported separately — a redirect still resolves, a 404 doesn't, and those are different problems with different urgency.

Why we never say "nofollow"

Plenty of audit tools flag every un-nofollowed outbound link as an issue. Nofollow is for links you don't want to vouch for — slapping it on a source you cited on purpose says you don't stand behind it. The fix for a dead citation is to find its current URL, link an archive, or remove the claim, never to disown it.

Frequently asked questions

Does this crawl my whole site?
No. It checks exactly one page — the URL you paste — the same way a reader or an AI crawler encounters it. Run it again for other pages.
Why does a redirect count as a finding if the link still works?
It still resolves, so it's the lower-priority case here — but it means the source moved, and every hop is a small tax on whoever (or whatever) follows it. Worth updating next time you touch the page, not urgent.
Should I remove a broken outbound link instead of fixing it?
Only if the claim it supported no longer needs a citation. Otherwise, find the current URL or an archived copy — removing the link removes the evidence, not the claim.

Your sources rot. Nofollowing them is not the answer — the longer version, with sources.