Finding a Link on Your Page
How to locate a specific affiliate link on your page using browser DevTools or the built-in search.
When Brokenly flags a broken or redirected link, you need to find it in your page source or CMS to replace it. Here are the fastest ways to do that.
Using Browser DevTools (Inspect)
- Open the page on your site in your browser.
- Right-click anywhere on the page and choose Inspect (or press
F12). - In the DevTools panel, open the Elements tab.
- Press
Ctrl+F(Windows/Linux) orCmd+F(Mac) to open the in-panel search. - Paste the affiliate link URL — for example
hostingco.com/ref?id=tk99. - DevTools will highlight every element that contains that URL, jumping you straight to the
<a>tag in the HTML.
Copying the Link from the Dashboard
Every link in your Brokenly dashboard is now clickable:
- Page column — click the page path (e.g.
/top-hosting-picks) to open that page on your site in a new tab. - Affiliate Link column — click the affiliate URL to open the destination in a new tab and verify whether it is actually broken.
This lets you quickly cross-check the live destination before updating your content.