# Are broken links bad for SEO?

**URL:** <https://forum.legiit.com/t/are-broken-links-bad-for-seo/816>\
**Category:** SEO\
**Created:** [September 17, 2024, 5:48pm UTC](https://forum.legiit.com/t/are-broken-links-bad-for-seo/816 "2024-09-17T17:48:24Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![marketingnewbie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@marketingnewbie](https://forum.legiit.com/u/marketingnewbie)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2024, 5:48pm UTC](https://forum.legiit.com/t/are-broken-links-bad-for-seo/816/1 "2024-09-17T17:48:24Z")

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I just ran a site audit and found a bunch of broken links on my site. How worried should I be about this? Also, is it just internal broken links I need to worry about, or external ones too?

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**Author:** ![kzshied](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex004/user_avatar/forum.legiit.com/kzshied/32/235_2.png) [@kzshied](https://forum.legiit.com/u/kzshied)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2024, 2:32pm UTC](https://forum.legiit.com/t/are-broken-links-bad-for-seo/816/2 "2024-09-26T14:32:40Z")

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Of course! It is an Error. Which is cause of negative effect. It is also cause for bad experience of your user. So, you should solve it as soon as possible