The process of web link checking is where a webmaster checks all the links on a website lead to a valid page so users of the site don't see error messages when they click a link.
Common causes of broken (dead) links include:
- A link leads to a page which has been removed from the server or renamed. This usually leads to a "404" error, something most web users will have seen at some point.
- The server the link leads to is no longer online. This can occur when a website shuts down or becomes temporarily unavailable for connections from the Internet.
- The link leads to a page which should have a bookmark or anchor (a special tag which leads the user to the correct part of the page) but this tag doesn't exist.
- The server which should host the linked web page returns some kind of error other than a 404 message which indicates it's unable to return the page to the user. For example this can happen if the server is overloaded because too many people are trying to access it.
DeepTrawl automatically finds all of these errors and allows you to fix them easily.
DeepTrawl is available for Windows & Mac OSX.
How does DeepTrawl help?
DeepTrawl makes web link checking extremely easy. All you need to do is download DeepTrawl then set it working on your web site. Our software will then scan the whole site and show you every broken link. When a broken link is found DeepTrawl will show you exactly where it is, allowing you to see it in your web browser or highlighted in your html, ready to be fixed.
DeepTrawl has un-paralleled ease of use. With a single click it can take the legwork out of checking your website for broken links and many other errors.
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