Recently I came across some broken links in a friend’s blog. There were a few broken links or dead links in a single post. Interestingly, it was a paid review and a few links of the paying site were included but none worked. I posted a comment pointing out the mistake and the solution for it. The friend corrected them and thanked me.

However, what are broken or dead links? They just do not take you anywhere, or take you to unexpected sites. A simple, careless HTML code mistake can make a link dead or broken.

Now, click on the links below to see what I explain.

Example 1: Links Exchange

Example 2: Links Exchange

Example 3: Links Exchange

As you can see Example 1 takes you to Links Exchange (the correct page/site). Example 2 takes you to Blogger that says “no such page exists”, but not to Links Exchange. And example 3 takes you NOWHERE, with the comment, "The page cannot be displayed" in IE, and may be to a Bravenet blog in Firefox, and in other browsers, somewhere else. Results can be different when you click.

I give below the code for the above 3 links. Compare and find out where the mistakes are.

<a href="http://celebrity-females.blogspot.com/2008/05/links-exchange.html">Links Exchange</a>

<a href="http://celebrity-females.blogspot.com/2008/05/links-exchange. html">Links Exchange</a>

<a href="http://celebrity-females.blogspot. com/2008/05/links-exchange.html">Links Exchange</a>

Hi, You really had me going for a while, until I looked in the address bar once the page had tried to load. I guess that those %20 insertions must be an entry key stroke!

By the way, I do my links like the first one... I am actually planning to enroll to paid reviews and have my domain but with my link problems, it worries me.

I only saw the mistake in the third one because of the "space" but the first two, i cannot see it. My links (dead or whatever you may call them at this blog) at http://abc-bloglearning.blogspot.com actually makes a different url when clicked. if i put for example "www.micawatson.com", when clicked, it makes "http://abc-bloglearning.blogspot.www.micawatson.vom"... I don't know why it has to include my partial url first. Does it have something to do with my overall blog html codes? Because before i tried to edit it to take awaty a popping up full page ad when someone visitis my site.

Thanks a lot.

Hi John,
It seems you were very busy! Anyway, the "%20" can be an ENTER key instruction, but if you have a space in URL, that too appears like it.
Nice times, keep in touch.

Hi Bloglearner,
I quote from your comment:
"My links (dead or whatever you may call them at this blog) at http://abc-bloglearning.blogspot.com actually makes a different url when clicked. if i put for example "www.micawatson.com", when clicked, it makes "http://abc-bloglearning.blogspot.www.micawatson.vom"... I don't know why it has to include my partial url first..."
See the problem comes typically when you type the URL and code it because of unintentional spaces. I suggest to type it on the address bar and see it the correct site opens. If it does, copy from there and use it in your post with the correct HTML.
Others URLs get attached to yours mostly in Firefox browser, and that too is because of unwanted spaces.
Click the examples above and study the CODES. As you click, the 3 versions behave differently.
Still if you have problems, let me know, I will solve it for you.
Have a nice day!