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This guide demonstrates how to create a comprehensive broken links checker with LoadForge, crawling through all pages and detecting various types of link issues.

Use Cases

  • Detecting 404 broken internal and external links
  • Finding redirect chains and infinite loops
  • Validating anchor links and fragments
  • Monitoring external link health over time
  • SEO link validation and reporting

Key Detection Features

  1. Comprehensive Link Types: Internal, external, anchor, and resource links
  2. Error Classification: 404s, server errors, timeouts, and malformed URLs
  3. Redirect Analysis: Tracking redirect chains and infinite loops
  4. Anchor Validation: Checking fragment links and page anchors
  5. Rate Limiting: Respectful external link checking
  6. Detailed Reporting: Severity classification and broken link statistics