Web Governance
Broken Links: "Ignore" or "Mark as fixed"?
What is the difference between Ignore and Mark as Fixed for broken links?
When you view a list of broken links such as the list of unique broken links, you can click the gear icon and choose either Ignore or Mark as fixed. This document provides an explanation for how each option works:
The following is the crucial difference between the issues that you mark as fixed and issues that you mark as ignore:
Issues that are marked as fixed are flagged upon future scans
Issues that are set to ignore are permanently omitted from future scans and future compliance score calculations, as long as the link gives the same broken error.
Ignored links are displayed on the scan again if the status of the link changes. For example, a link previously marked as broken with a 404 status and ignored is reset if the link later receives a new "Ok" status, such as 200. If the same link starts to return a 404 error in the future, it is displayed on the broken links report again.
For information on how to set up the scan to exclude a link so that it is never considered, visit:
The information from this document is included in the Web Governance documents:
Web Governance