Comments on: Hunt for Dead Links [Day 27: 31DBBB]

By: Albert

Albert — Fri, 29 May 2009 09:45:42 +0000

This is quite a conundrum.
You need to link to others in order to be relevant and achieve better Search Engine rankings, but then you are at the mercy of the linked site staying alive.
The fact of the matter is many blogs which are not still born die at a rather youthful age… Links die
So yes this is good advice… Thankfully my blog is new so I can do it manually, but later… I’ll cross that bridge when I come to it.

By: N!cklas

N!cklas — Thu, 28 May 2009 08:37:55 +0000

@diane
If uou’re using mySQL as database you might find this handy:

UPDATE tablename SET tablefield = REPLACE(tablefield,”findstring”,”replacestring”);

Just set all low-case to suit your settings and needs

By: Diane Schubach

Diane Schubach — Thu, 28 May 2009 00:12:35 +0000

I check manually for dead links, but what I did find recently was that my e-mail address was mis-typed and I had been cutting and pasting the link for months. Ahhhhhhhrg.

By: Unionhawk

Unionhawk — Thu, 21 May 2009 01:04:18 +0000

The first, downloadable option worked fantastically. Not quite as easy to use as Wikipedia toolserver’s Checklinks, which will let you automatically tag or remove dead links, but it still works.

By: Unionhawk

Unionhawk — Wed, 20 May 2009 18:09:04 +0000

dead-links.com is full of crap… It said that pretty much every link on my blog was a 404 (most of the rest recognized it as a web spider, and blocked it)

Examining these links, they were not dead at all.

By: Sam sall

Sam sall — Thu, 07 May 2009 15:13:08 +0000

Yay me . no dead links found in my post or blog . i used to do frequently and i geuss i did it well :)

By: العاب شمس

العاب شمس — Wed, 06 May 2009 11:47:29 +0000

Thanks for link Dareen, I’m waiting your newest post.

By: elizof

elizof — Tue, 05 May 2009 11:07:42 +0000

Thanks for the suggestion… I don’t think I have any dead links but will be happy to hear from anyone who finds one on my blog… I will check again when I have a moment. Great tip too Darren!

By: Jason of Repairmycreditrating

Jason of Repairmycreditrating — Mon, 04 May 2009 19:13:58 +0000

Thanks for that guideline. Will check my websites and blogs right after this to check on dead links.

By: cara membuat blog

cara membuat blog — Mon, 04 May 2009 14:32:17 +0000

I never think about finding dead link in my blog but, after i read your article i will try it, because maybe dead link will make our site bad in visitor eyes.. thanks.

By: John

John — Mon, 04 May 2009 09:53:50 +0000

Google webmaster tools will help you. It will let you know if you have any deadlinks for any of your sites.

By: David Eedle

David Eedle — Mon, 04 May 2009 00:45:00 +0000

Darren

A great post, especially as it highlights the housekeeping component of operating a successful content based web site. Dead outbound links are a pain and traffic negative. Plus of course ensuring links within your own site are still valid. Housekeeping ain’t glamorous, but it’s critical to long term success.

One of our websites used to link to a very significant quantity of news websites, who of course have a terrible tendency of moving pages around without using proper redirects. Easy example is when they move something into their paid archive after 30, 60 or 90 days of free view. Used to drive us made trying to keep a couple of hundred thousand links up to date.

I’ve tried a few of the link services but never really been overwhelmed. I fall back on the tried and true Google Webmaster Tools for internal links, and have written a few utilities to check outbound links.

Would always suggest if at all possible people have a custom 404 page, to ensure if you inadvertently trash an internal link your visitor still sees something valid instead of the bog standard ‘can’t find that page’ message.

Cheers…David

http://www.NicheContentMillionaire.com

By: Albert

Albert — Sun, 03 May 2009 20:05:42 +0000

I've learned quite a bit through out this series, not only from the author, but from many of the folks posting comments. It has been a great learning experience! Regards, Albert The Rasch Outdoor Chronicles. The Range Reviews: Tactical.

By: Jasmino924

Jasmino924 — Sun, 03 May 2009 18:39:43 +0000

Thanks for telling us about checking for dead links. I don’t know about everyone else but I know that sure as heck wouldn’t have though about checking for dead lins in a million years!

By: spocrep

spocrep — Sun, 03 May 2009 17:21:08 +0000

thanks Darren for the post :) but I have a question, If I updated the post many times to update the links does that make search engine thinks of my post as spam or something ?
I would love for you answer:) thanks a lot

By: titan

titan — Sun, 03 May 2009 16:49:48 +0000

huhu. need to work hard to get better blog. Seo and hunt for dead links another my project too. Hope it will success.

By: Brad Wiederholt

Brad Wiederholt — Sun, 03 May 2009 14:32:01 +0000

I just tried this with 4 blogs using the dead-links.com tool. As Darren expected there were dead links on 2 of the 4. Now they are nice and tidy.

I also started using Google Webmaster tools for my latest blog. It seems to be doing a pretty good job at checking link mismatches as well, though it is not as immediate as these tools above.

By: Lee Ka Hoong

Lee Ka Hoong — Sun, 03 May 2009 13:31:01 +0000

I’ve used W3C and dead-links before, but I found W3C link checker is better than dead-links. I think Google hates blog which has lot dead links because we share something unavailable, right? :)
Thanks for sharing other dead links checker tool Darren!

Regards,
Lee

By: L.J.T.

L.J.T. — Sun, 03 May 2009 07:06:24 +0000

I installed the suggested wp plugin from another reader and it looks to be working well.

By: Dominique

Dominique — Sun, 03 May 2009 06:13:40 +0000

Just installed the WP dead link plugin one commentor suggested..yikes 61 dead links to clear.. off to do some housekeeping.