Wednesday, August 12, 2009

Checking your web site for broken links

As the condition of the world wide web develops, continual changes occur. New web sites are created. Old ones drop off the list or become out of date. One of the most common symptoms of this change is that some of the links on your web site no longer point to a valid page.

Thankfully, a clever windows tool is available to help check the condition of your links. It is called Xenu. Get a copy of it here: Xenu link checker.

After running a check on your pages it produces a detailed report showing which links are broken, where they pointed to and which pages they are on. It provides a printed report so you can track every problem and keep your pages up to date (my last one contained hundreds of pages of useful data).
Please note: You will also need a way to edit your pages to correct the contents as needed. One editor I would suggest using is called DZsoft WebPad. You can get a copy here: Xenu link checker (a purpose built HTML editor/creator).WebPad

If you have a web site that hasn't been checked for a while, isn't it possible the pages may need a checkup by now?

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