Web Site Link Checking with ht://Check

Every web site has links to other web pages embedded in it. It is, in fact, pretty much what defines a document as a web page. For example, your home page will have links to the major sections of your site. If you have a site map page, it may contain links to every page on your site. As a service to your customers, or to supplement the information on your site, you may have links to other web sites, such as MapQuest, Google or Amazon.com.

However, over time, some of the pages to which these links refer may disappear, as your web site evolves to better reflect your company's changing market and business strategies. Yet, there is nothing more frustrating for an Internet user than to click on a link that portends to give them the answer they are seeking, only to get an error message from the server telling them that, no, that page no longer exists. While an effective error page may somewhat reduce their dissatisfaction, it is much better to periodically examine your site for these dead links and fix or remove them.

No, you don't have to sit for hours and click on every link on every page in your site and note the ones that have died. PCV Software offers the "ht://Check" program as a service to its customers. This program will automate the checking of all the links found on your site, and can be configured to provide even more valuable statistical information about your site for proper maintenance and review. To see the kind of reports we can produce, take a look at our ht://check page.