Help > Trawling for specific URLs in links

What does this trawl type find?

This trawl type allows you to search for full or part URLs in all hyperlinks on the pages being trawled. When found these links will appear as a potential problem.

How to use this trawl type

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You should make sure this trawl type is switched on. There should be a green tick next to this trawl type in the Trawl for... tab. If there is a red cross instead, click the cross to toggle the trawl type on.

This trawl allows you to add / remove URLs to find within its settings dialog. This can be accessed by pressing the Settings link to the right of the trawl type in the Trawl for... tab. The dialog is shown below and its options are explained beneath...

The settings dialog used to add / remove URLs

Above: The settings dialog used to add / remove URLs


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You should enter new full or part URLs you wish to find in the first text field.

A full URL might be something like http://www.myDomain.com/myPage.htm, this will only ever find links to this specific page. If you enter a part URL, e.g. myDomain.com any link whose URL includes myDomain.com will be flagged as a problem.

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Once entered full/part URLs are shown in the table.

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To remove a URL from the search list, select the check box in the column to the left of it, then press the Delete selected button.