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Doris Jean

What is difference between dead and broken link?

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Phillip Stemann 🚀 Planzer.io
Hmm, I though it was the same. If not, I could imagine a broken link links to a page that returns HTTP code 500, 503, maybe. And a dead link returns HTTP code 404.
Rich Watson
theres a difference?
Krishna Kumar
Both are same. Atleast Wikipedia thinks so "A link that no longer points to its target, often called a broken or dead link, is a specific form of dangling pointer." So does many other SEO sites