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January 20, 2026

# Broken Image Links for Beginners: The 5-Minute Primer

If you've never touched broken image links before, here's the version without the jargon.

A broken image doesn't just look bad — on a product or article page it can be the single biggest trust signal working against you, since visitors read it as a site that isn't maintained.

You don't need to understand everything about it on day one. Start with just this: check image URLs after any CDN migration or hosting change — this is the single most common cause of sitewide broken images.

The most common beginner mistake is skipping it entirely because it sounds technical. It usually isn't — broken image links is one of those things that looks intimidating from the outside and takes ten minutes once you actually sit down with it.

Once this feels comfortable, 301 redirect chains is a natural next thing to learn.

Image URL Checker is the fastest way to see it in action on a real page.

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