Broken links
How ScanGov finds, tracks, and helps you fix broken links across your site.
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ScanGov checks every link found while scanning your site and flags the ones that fail, so you can find and fix dead links before your visitors do.
Filtering the list
Use the tabs at the top of the broken links page to narrow what you see: Confirmed, Likely, Needs review, Redirects, Dismissed, or All. Each tab's count reflects only what that tab shows.
Every link gets a status badge showing what ScanGov found and how confident it is. Status explains what each badge means.
Rechecking a link
Click recheck on any link to re-verify it right away, instead of waiting for the next full site scan. ScanGov re-reads the page the link was found on and re-tests the link. If you fix or remove the link from the page, it drops off the list.
Dismissing a link
Dismiss a flagged link if it's a false positive, an intentional choice, or a third-party site's problem. You can record why. Dismissed links move to the Dismissed tab and stop counting toward your broken link total. Undismiss a link at any time to bring it back.
Redirects
A link that redirects to another address gets its own tab, alongside the address it redirects to, so you can review redirected links separately from links that fail outright.
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