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Security finding

A link leads to a domain that no longer exists or has a certificate that browsers refuse

Security Warning Severity: Medium

Part of the audit Outbound link safety. Finding id: security.outboundDeadOrExpired.

What it costs you

Visitors reach an error or a warning page from your site.

What to do

Replace or remove the link.

What it checks

  • Link to a domain that no longer exists

How to fix it

Replace or remove the link

  1. Find a current source for the same content, or an archived copy, and link to it.
  2. A link that repeats on every page sits in a template; fix it there.

How to check: Recrawl: no link to [group key] that fails.

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