What is Link Rot?

[jaimehopkin]

A measure of how many and what percent of a website's links are broken.

Links may broken for a number of reason, but four of the most common reasons are:
- A website going offline.
- Linking to content which is temporary in nature (due to licensing structures or other reasons).
- Moving a page's location.
- Changing a domain's content management system.

Most large websites have some broken links, but if too many of a site's links are broken it may be an indication of outdated content, and it may provide website users with a poor user experience. Both of which may cause search engines to rank a page as being less relevant.

[steveschmidt85]

Link Rot or Link death is happen because the link on the sites are broken and when you try to open such links you will get common error 404 which means the page you are looking not available. This is really good info about link death.

[dalevarman]

A measure of how many and what percent of a website's links are broken.

Links may broken for a number of reason, but four of the most common reasons are:
- A website going offline.
- Linking to content which is temporary in nature (due to licensing structures or other reasons).
- Moving a page's location.
- Changing a domain's content management system.

Most large websites have some broken links, but if too many of a site's links are broken it may be an indication of outdated content, and it may provide website users with a poor user experience. Both of which may cause search engines to rank a page as being less relevant.

jaimehopkin, I agree with you some of reason through link are broken and it very affect on website. But some reason we can carefully maintain on our site. So thank you for sharing link broken reason.

[honeysign]

It occurs when links of any website are broken and it means, this website is not available and a common 404 error is show when you open this website.

[readytrucking]

Internet slang for the condition where hypertext links lead nowhere because Web sites have removed Web pages or reorganized them. Also known as outdated links.

[nancydoll]

The decomposition of hyperlinks as the linked sites are renamed, moved, or withdrawn from the Web.As the Web is a dynamic application, hyperlinks must be continuously updated to keep them fresh and viable.

[Dam Ponting]

Connection spoil (or linkrot) is the procedure by which hyperlinks on singular sites or the Internet when all is said in done point to site pages, servers or different assets that have turned out to be for all time inaccessible.

[RH-Calvin]

Link rot (or linkrot) is the process by which hyperlinks on individual websites or the Internet in general point to web pages, servers or other resources that have become permanently unavailable.