Our Blog: Broken Links
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AI is flooding the web with content. But who is keeping it clean?
Are you pushing out content at scale? Then, you might leave behind a trail of error messages. Find out how to keep your site clean, fast, and reliable as AI floods the web.
Jelle De Laender - 4 September 2025
How to mark broken links as fixed in Semonto
In Semonto, you can now cross broken links off your to-do list after you have fixed them. This helps you keep track of the improvements you have made.
Laurien Hart - 4 February 2025
Improve your 404 page: 6 things you can do right now
Website visitors will bump into a 404 page when the page they are trying to access does not exist. That’s not a pleasant experience. Discover 6 ways to turn this frustration around with useful and clever ways to improve your 404 page.
Jelle De Laender - 12 July 2024
A 404 error: what is it, and why is it called that way?
Have you ever wondered what the numbers in a 404 error message mean? In this article, we explain in plain language what a 404 error is and what it tells you about the status of the website you are trying to visit.
Jelle De Laender - 11 July 2024
How to control the crawling speed when checking for broken links
In some cases, you may want to decrease the crawling speed of your website monitor. In Semonto, you can now adjust this setting.
Jelle De Laender - 6 June 2024
Should I use Google Search Console to find broken links on my website?
Can you use Google Search Console to find broken links on your website? Yes and no. In this article, we explain why Google Search Console is not sufficient to keep your website free from broken links and what you should do instead.
Jelle De Laender - 22 March 2023
Semonto's 2022 wrap-up
Time flies, it’s already 2023. Time to look back at 2022 and all the things that happened at Semonto.
Jelle De Laender - 02 January 2023
Importance of monitoring by ChatGPT
We asked ChatGPT, an AI tool by OpenAI, why monitoring the uptime, broken links, HTTPS TLS certificate and mixed content of websites are important
ChatGPT - 11 December 2022
How to track your website’s broken links over time
We have added a chart that shows you the evolution of the number of broken links on your website in the last 30 days.
Jelle De Laender - 14 October 2022
Broken Links on Your Website - How to Prevent, Find and Fix Them
Are you sure that all links on your website are working? When was the last time you tested them? Did you know that you can automate this test? Check out this article for more information on how you can do this.
Kathy Salden - modified 20 January 2022
5 Reasons Web Developers Use Semonto to Find Broken Links
Semonto started out as an uptime monitoring tool. But, at the request of the web developers in our community, we recently added broken link monitoring to our features. Find out why this matters to web developers and why Semonto is better than other broken link checkers out there.
Jelle De Laender - 14 October 2021
How to show mixed content & broken links on your status pages
A status page is a web page that shows the current status of a service. But when you add broken links and mixed content to the page, it really gets interesting.
Kathy Salden - 2 September 2021
4 Free Tools to Check The Health of Your Website
Every website will run pretty smoothly for the first year or so. But just like a car, it will start to fall apart over time if you do not give it a regular check-up. At Coding Mammoth, we have created 4 free tools to check the health of your website. In the following sections, we will explain what these checks are, why they are important and how you can use them for free.
Jelle De Laender - 19 April 2021