Does Dead links affect SEO

**Hafsoh** · 10-22-2008 04:50 PM

Does Dead links affect SEO? Will Search Engine penalize a site for having dead or broken links?

**Zoli** · 10-22-2008 08:10 PM

Broken links usually harm the rankings because the visitor will face with a 404 server response which does not strengthen the trust of a certain website regarding google.

**LeilaDee** · 10-23-2008 01:07 PM

if your site has any broken links you should incorporate and 301 redirect to help irradicate the issue Zoli pointed out, if another site linking to you has a broken a link maybe you can contact them and let them know.