5 useful website link check tools for web master
The whole Internet can be described as an evolving body of life and some Website survive so far, but some websites have short life span. Most webmasters have this experience: the external links on their blogs or websites, over a period of time, broken due to the page expired, that is, even picture which linked from external website has failed. So when the users browse your website will encounter invalid pages, and this not only affects the performance of your site but also your search engine optimisation work.
In this article we introduce five tools which can examine website links, including desktop software, web services and WordPress plug-in.
Dead Links
Dead-links.com is a free link checking service website, user only need to provide his Website domain name on this website to automatically check all pages’ links. It also divides links into three categories: internal links, external links and not verified links. Users can purchase advanced services to check more links.
Broken Link Checker
In fact, this is a WordPress-specific plug-in which can be used to check the all articles and pictures of WordPress blog, whether it contains broken links. It also can amend link failure on the background, very convenient.
Linktiger
This is very professional web site testing services, in addition to testing site links, you can also set up a regular inspection weekly, and the test results can be sent to your email box. Currently a free account can only check 1,000 links.
Linkpatch
Different from other links, Linkpatch does not take initiative to scan all Website links. It inserts a code provided by Linkpatch in the site’s 404 pages. When Web page encounters 404 errors, it will automatic notify Linkpatch and send a warning email to website owner, so webmaster can find the failure link, and quickly amended.
In other words, Linkpatch can not fully identify the links which already have expired, but it can discover new broken links according to the traffic.
Linkpatch offers 30-day free trial; webmaster can insert Linkpatch tracking code on 404 pages. This code only appears in the 404 page and it will not delay speed of website.
Xenu
If you don’t want other Websites to detect the status of your website. This is a desktop software tool can actually stand on the user’s point of view to check their own website’s link status. Xenu is a free desktop tool to detect all the links on a particular site and produced a very detailed report. It lists all the links which are valid or invalid, or the connection time-out, etc., and support for HTTPS URLs , and even support some of the FTP and Gopher sites.
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