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Originally Posted by Clarrie
I'm not convinced that the search engines penalise broken links, but they might impact on PageRank and results. We use a combination of different tools to check for broken links, but Google Webmaster tools is not a bad place to check in the first instance.
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Broken links do
not affect PageRank; and you are right to suggest there is not a penalty,
per se, for broken links, but as z28com and others have experienced (and as you say) they *do* affect a web site's position in the SERPs.
Good point on Webmaster Tools, as well.
Cheers, MJ