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    • CIEEwebTeam
      CIEEwebTeam last edited by

      I'm trying to find the best tool to check for broken links on our site. We have over 11k pages and I'm looking for something fast and thorough! I've tried Xenu and LinkChecker. Any other ideas?

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      • grasshopper
        grasshopper last edited by

        If you're looking for something with a lot more SEO-specific functionality, it's definitely worth trying IIS Search Engine Optimization Toolkit 1.0:

        http://www.iis.net/download/seotoolkit

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        • AaronSchinke
          AaronSchinke last edited by

          I agree. Here's a link: http://home.snafu.de/tilman/xenulink.html It looks a little shady but it actually does a decent job.

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          • Marcus_Miller
            Marcus_Miller last edited by

            Hey Kristi

            Xenu is great and free, free I tells ya! But, if you can shell out a bit of dosh, the screaming frog is a better tool.

            SEOMoz's own Dr Pete did a bit of a write up here:
            http://www.seomoz.org/blog/crawler-faceoff-xenu-vs-screaming-frog

            Hope it helps
            Marcus

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