# **🗺️ Overview**

When Search Atlas runs an OTTO SEO audit on your site, it scans every crawlable URL and flags links that return error responses. If your audit has flagged dead links — for example, 157 broken URLs — this article walks you through exactly where to find them and how to review the full list.

# **🧭 How to Access the OTTO SEO Audit**

1. Log in to your Search Atlas account.
2. In the **left sidebar**, click **OTTO SEO**, then **All Sites (SEO Automation)**.
3. Your most recent audit results load automatically on the OTTO SEO Overview page (**/seo-automation-v3**).

# **🔗 How to Find the Broken Links List**

1. On the OTTO SEO Overview page, scroll down past the summary score cards until you reach the audit pillars (Technical, On-Page, Content, etc.).
2. Locate the **Technical** pillar section.
3. Inside the Technical pillar, look for the **Issues with Links** section. This is where all broken link findings are grouped.
4. Click on the **Issues with Links** heading or its expand arrow to open the full list of flagged URLs.
5. You will see each broken link listed with its **source page** (the page containing the bad link), the **broken URL** itself, and the **HTTP error code** returned.

# **📋 Understanding the Broken Links Results**

Each entry in the broken links list tells you:

- **Source page:** The page on your site where the broken link appears.
- **Broken URL:** The destination URL that is returning an error.
- **Error type:** The HTTP status code detected (such as 404 Not Found, 410 Gone, 403 Forbidden, or 5xx server errors).

The audit checks for a range of error responses — not just 404s — so you may see several different error types in your list.

# **✅ How to Fix Broken Links**

Once you have your full list, here are the recommended steps to resolve broken links:

1. **Remove the link** if the destination page no longer exists and has no replacement.
2. **Update the link** to point to the correct, live URL if the page has moved.
3. **Set up a redirect** (301) on your server if the old URL should forward visitors to a new page.
4. After making fixes, return to OTTO SEO and **re-run the audit** to confirm the broken links have been resolved.

# **⚠️ Things to Keep in Mind**

- The number shown on the overview card (for example, **157 dead links**) reflects all broken links detected across your entire site at the time the audit was last run.
- AI-suggested replacement URLs in the Issues with Links section are generated to guide you — always review suggestions before applying them to confirm they point to the most relevant page on **your own domain**.
- If the Issues with Links section appears blank or the page does not load correctly when a large number of broken links is present, try refreshing the page. This is a known display issue that is actively being resolved.
- To get the most up-to-date broken link data, trigger a fresh audit after you have completed fixes.

# **💬 Need More Help?**

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