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I tried that 'broken link building' trick everyone talks about and it actually worked
I was stuck trying to get links for a local bakery site for weeks. The owner wanted links from food blogs, but cold emails got no replies. I remembered reading about broken link building, so I picked a big food blog in my city. I used a free tool called Check My Links to scan their 'Best Coffee Shops' guide and found three dead links. I found similar, working pages on other sites for two of them, but for the third, I made a new page on my client's site with a better list. I emailed the blog editor, pointed out the broken link, and offered my new page as a free fix. She wrote back in two days, said thanks, and swapped the link. One solid, relevant link from a site with real traffic, just by helping them fix a problem. Has anyone else had luck with this, or found a better way to find broken links without spending hours?
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uma_johnson2d ago
What's the best free tool you've found for this?
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Found a broken link on a local news site for a dentist, emailed them about it with a better resource I made, and got the link swapped in a week. Honestly felt easier than cold emailing because you're actually helping them fix something. I used that same Check My Links tool, it's pretty quick for scanning a page. The key is finding sites that already link out to stuff like local business lists.
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