Smart SEO Wordpress Plugins: Redirection and Broken Links Checker

by Maria Reyes-McDavis

Broken Links and Redirection Plugins

The many SEO benefits of using Wordpress are catapulted to a whole new level with the addition of smart SEO plugins. Redirection plugin and Broken Link Checker plugin should be included in your arsenal of tools to vamp up your Wordpress blog for SEO. Broken Link Checker and Redirection will help you in the fight against broken links, which damage your SEO efforts, by providing an easy way to find broken links and set up permanent 301 redirects on your blog without techie skills.

Broken Links Suck for SEO & Users

In the game of SEO, a broken link is a wall that not only tick off your blog/site visitor but also stops search engine bots from easily crawling your entire archive of content. In fact, sites with excessive broken links are hindered from being indexed effectively by Google. It’s important to stay on top of your broken links, fix them quickly and keep your site accessible by bots and usable for visitors.

Broken Link Checker Plugin

The first step to broken link rehabilitation is to end your denial of having broken links in the first place. Broken link checker will notify you immediately, upon locating broken links anywhere on your Wordpress blog/site. All links are included in its validation, including images, links heading outside of your blog, and linking from within. It also notifies you of broken links caused by missing or moved content.

Download Broken Link Checker Plugin

Redirection Plugin

A common cause of broken links occurs when blog/site owners move content, unknowingly creating broken links (404 errors). Redirection plugin for Wordpress can help you easily redirect (301) broken links to the new content location, related content or your home page to eliminate the broken link issue.

Download Redirection Plugin

Installing & Using How-To Videos

In this how-to video, we’ll take a look at installing Broken Link Checker and Redirection plugins, as well as using them to ensure your blog/site is SEO friendly, without broken links.

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About the Author...

Maria Reyes-McDavis is a colossal geek brainiac, certified genius IQ with university degrees in Finance, Economics, Business Management and an MBA. Maria has served over 300 pro-level, digital marketing clients as founder of online marketing firm Digital Peas & Carrots. Maria is Founder and Editor of Hyphenated Americans, a conservative politics blog and Proverbs 31 Project an online women's ministry. Most importantly, Maria is a wife to her king, mother of 3, lover of basketball (Go Lakers & Clippers!), classic cars and is currently training for professional women's roller derby!