How To Find Broken Links On Your Website...

There are many websites that don’t take full advantage of backlinks to or from other websites, sales sites, or to other relevant information. The problem with this is that it can result in glitches and not found page when other website owners move information on their site. This can leave your customers or readers to find broken links when they click, turning them off of both your website and the linked site. There are two very different ways that a webmaster can find broken links. One is very labor intensive, time consuming and frustrating while the other is streamlined, automatic and basically effort and stress free. Deciding on which option is right for you depends on several key factors and considerations. The Old School Way Anyone can find broken links manually. Many small business owners that don’t know their options use this method exclusively or, even worse, they rely on reporting by customers to let them know that links aren’t working on the site. Not only does this look unprofessional but it may result in customers simply leaving your site to find a site more effectively managed and make a purchase there. To manually find broken links you need to log onto your website when you have time and click on each hyperlink within each page. This is not only time consuming but it is also a chore that often doesn’t get done for weeks or months or ever. The New School Option A much more effective option is to simply use software or an app that will find broken links on or to your website. This is an automated system that will check every link, even if you have hundreds of thousands, on a daily basis and provide a report of any links...