Links Behind Paywalls and Logins

Overview

Outbound links decay over time. This article documents one specific failure mode so the pattern is easy to recognise in an audit report.

A worked example points at a gated resource which demonstrates the condition described here.

Reviewing outbound links quarterly keeps the problem small. Left alone for a year, a mid sized blog can accumulate dozens of dead references.

The link audit playbook covers the wider process, and internal linking basics explain why the internal side matters just as much.