How the Broken Link Finder works
Broken link building only works when the broken link is real. A list of "sites likely to have dead links" based on domain age or backlink profile is a guess — this tool checks live instead.
Paste your website URL and the finder:
- Reads your homepage to identify the topical niche your product actually serves.
- Searches Google for resource and links pages in that niche — the curated pages ("useful links," "resources") that accumulate dead outbound links as the sites they reference shut down or move.
- Visits each candidate page and checks every outbound link's live status — following redirects, then flagging only confirmed 404s, 410s, and dead domains as broken.
You get a short list of real pages with real dead links in your specific niche, each one paired with the exact anchor text and reason it's broken — everything you need to write the pitch.
Why a live check beats a domain guess
A lot of "broken link opportunities" tools work backward from backlink data: old domain, high authority, therefore probably has dead links somewhere. That's a starting point, not a target. This tool skips the guessing step and tells you the specific link, on the specific page, that is dead right now.
That distinction matters for the pitch itself. "I noticed your resources page links to [dead URL], which now returns a 404" is a specific, verifiable claim that shows you actually looked at their page. "I think you might have some broken links" is not.
Turning results into pitches
Each result shows the matched anchor text and the exact reason the link is dead — lead with that in your outreach. Reference the anchor text so the site owner can find the link without having to search the page themselves, and suggest your resource as a like-for-like replacement, not just any link. The closer your page matches what the dead one used to cover, the more likely the swap happens.
Prioritize pages by how many dead links they have, not just how many results came back — a page with two or three confirmed dead links is actively neglected and more likely to get a response than a page with one.
What the tool cannot tell you
The finder confirms a link is dead and shows you where — it doesn't check whether the page owner still maintains the site, how often they update it, or whether they'll actually make the swap. Some pages with dead links belong to sites that have gone fully stale and won't respond to any outreach. Skim the page before pitching to confirm it looks actively maintained.
Once you've built a shortlist here, pair it with the Backlink Outreach Email Generator to draft the pitch, or the Author Contact Finder to track down who to send it to.