Monday, October 10, 2005
As you've no doubt noticed if you spend much time surfing the Web, Web sites come and go with lightning speed. Unfortunately, this volatility means that the links you create to other peoples' Web pages can break at any time. Although broken links might not be a problem if you're creating a personal home page, it reflects poorly on a professional or business-related site.
The only way to prevent broken links is to check them periodically. Checking links yourself -- by loading your own Web page into a browser, clicking each link, and noting whether the linked site appears -- can be awfully time-consuming, depending on how many links you've created. To automate the process, you can use a link-checker utility. A link-checker utility follows all the links in your Web page and then issues a report telling you which ones are broken. You then decide whether to delete or change any links reported as broken.
The only way to prevent broken links is to check them periodically. Checking links yourself -- by loading your own Web page into a browser, clicking each link, and noting whether the linked site appears -- can be awfully time-consuming, depending on how many links you've created. To automate the process, you can use a link-checker utility. A link-checker utility follows all the links in your Web page and then issues a report telling you which ones are broken. You then decide whether to delete or change any links reported as broken.
