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Website Broken Link & 404 Anchor Text Checker

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Audit website links in bulk to detect broken 404s, 500 server errors, timeouts, and redirects with anchor text and source page context.

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🔗 Website Broken Link & 404 Anchor Text Checker

Fast, automated website dead link auditor. Scan any webpage or domain to detect broken 404 Not Found, 500 Server Errors, redirect chains, and request timeouts. Delivers full technical audit details including HTTP status codes, clickable anchor text, and origin URLs.

🥊 Why This Actor Beats the Competition

Feature	This Actor (Pay-Per-Result)	Traditional SEO Crawlers (Screaming Frog, Ahrefs)	Puppeteer/Playwright Headless Scrapers
Speed	⚡ Concurrent direct HTTP requests (~50ms/link)	Requires local desktop app or heavy enterprise plans	🐢 Slow browser overhead (3–5s per page)
Pricing	💰 $1.00 / 1,000 links checked (PPR)	$200+/year subscription required	Expensive compute-hour bills
Anchor Text	✅ Captures full anchor text & parent page URL	Often buried in complex CSV exports	Requires custom DOM script parsing
External Links	✅ Configurable internal vs external validation	High credit consumption on external URLs	High crash rates on external timeouts

🛠️ Step-by-Step: How to Use

Method 1: Apify Web Console (No-Code)

Enter your target webpage or domain in Start URLs (e.g. https://apify.com).
Set Maximum Links to Check (e.g. 50).
Click Start to run the audit and download results in JSON, CSV, or Excel.

Method 2: Python SDK

from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient("YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN")
run = client.actor("litezero/website-broken-link-checker").call(run_input={
    "startUrls": ["https://apify.com"],
    "maxLinksToCheck": 50,
    "checkExternalLinks": True
})

for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    if item["isBroken"]:
        print(f"Broken Link: {item['targetUrl']} (Status {item['statusCode']}) from {item['parentUrl']}")

📥 Input Parameters

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
`startUrls`	Array	`["https://apify.com"]`	Target URLs or pages to audit for hyperlinks.
`maxLinksToCheck`	Integer	`30`	Maximum number of hyperlinks to audit.
`checkExternalLinks`	Boolean	`true`	If enabled, outgoing external hyperlinks will also be verified.
`timeoutSec`	Integer	`10`	Response timeout in seconds per link.

📤 Output Sample JSON

{
  "targetUrl": "https://apify.com/pricing",
  "statusCode": 200,
  "statusMessage": "OK",
  "isBroken": false,
  "anchorText": "Pricing",
  "parentUrl": "https://apify.com/",
  "isExternal": false,
  "durationMs": 42,
  "errorMessage": null,
  "checkedAt": "2026-10-03T09:20:00.000Z"
}

💡 Top Commercial Use Cases

Website Migration & Relaunch Audits: Discover broken links immediately after site migrations or CMS redesigns.
Affiliate & Outbound Link Monitoring: Ensure affiliate links and partner URLs are active and not returning 404s.
Automated SEO Health Monitoring: Run weekly scheduled checks to prevent search engine crawl budget waste.\n

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