Looking for link checking software
Greetings!
Wonder if anyone is using link checking software they'd recommend. I've been using Watchfire which used to be linkbot for years and just found out they no longer have a desktop app. They have only a hosted solution for $2000/month.
Yep, needless to say that's not going to work for me.
Most of our sites are less than a couple hundred pages. Our company website probably has 500 at most.
Any suggestions, I'd really appreciate it!
dk01 posted this at 23:47 — 28th December 2005.
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Doesn't Dreamweaver have a plug-in that does this???
chrishirst posted this at 23:51 — 28th December 2005.
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Xenu Link Sleuth
eWESTPost posted this at 07:22 — 31st December 2005.
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Its a great tool and I use it a lot
timjpriebe posted this at 14:05 — 29th December 2005.
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Chris, have you used that software? What has your experience been with it? I'm thinking about downloading it, but would hate to go through all the set up if it stinks.
dk01, Dreamweaver does come with that capability, as does Frontpage. But in my personal experience, it's not always reliable.
Tim
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chrishirst posted this at 15:21 — 29th December 2005.
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Yep, I use Link Sleuth a lot when checking sites after updates, or looking at potential client sites. Can be surprising how many "we didn't put that in" things can be found
Can't fault it for the price either.
The other good point (from my POV) is that it isn't JS enabled so it only "sees" what a SE crawler would, great for demonstrating that the super funky asp.net wizard generated drop-down "kewl" menu their designer has just done is going to kill any chance of organic SE results.
Also if you are looking for a automatic check (paid for). There is Seven TwentyFour
Chris
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dguilloryjr posted this at 16:40 — 1st January 2006.
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also used it, i like it but why download a link checking software when DW8 will check your links for you!
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