Outbound Link or out-going link refers to a link from one website to an external site. Outbound links from a site to the other are incoming links for the second site. Outbound links on websites help users to navigate from one website to the other. Usually, websites link to other websites which give information on a topic in a more detailed way, which may be useful for the visitors of the website. Some external links may link to forms or documents on the web as a service to their visitors.
Outbound links are reviewed by Search Engines, therefore linking to poor quality sites or web pages from your website is not a good idea. Linking to other related and themed websites help search engine to identify the theme of your website. Therefore, care should be taken when linking to external websites from your website.
Tools to check External Links
Several tools are available to check external links from a website. The Domain Outbound Links Check tool at Wintzell is a useful tool to check external links from a domain.