Searching entire sites for dead links

[mr_nabo]

Hi,

I can't find a decent online tool to check my entire website for dead links, only for a page I specify.

Is there one around? I'm sure I've used one of these things before and it wasn't just for one page at a time...

Thanks

[phranque]

i think xenu's link sleuth is considered the gold standard here.
i think you can set that up to check pages...

[mr_nabo]

That looks good, however, I'm on a Mac (as is the rest of my office).

Any Mac options?

[Crow_Song]

Do you use BBEdit? It allows you to check page, folder, or entire site links. Very handy.

[mr_nabo]

Hi,

I use Coda and Smultron for coding, but does BBEdit check live sites as well as local?

I know Dreamweaver checks for dead links locally, possibly remotely as well, but I don't have it!

There must be an online service that does this?

Thanks for the suggestions so far though :)

[mayest]

There is a Linkchecker add-on for Firefox that seems to work pretty well.

[jezra]

If you need an online tool, you could sign up for Google's webmaster tools. Although there is some set up time involved.

However, there is an application called Webcheck that will do what you require. The application is written in python and will run on computers with python installed: this includes Mac OSX.

The app is run from the command line, so a bit of command line knowledge is helpful.

[bwnbwn]

I have tried several of the ones suggested here but the real problem arises is were is the broken link located or what page on my website is has the broken link. I know with database driven sites it is a little easier but I have both and sometimes we have broken links and without the scanner I use would never find them.

Linkscan not cheap (as most good programs aren't) but shows the page were the link is broken the link as well as builds a site maps etc.
You can download it try it for free. I really find this a handy must have SEO tool.

[Quadrille]

You must have a pc you can access somewhere, surely?

xenu is so quick and sensible that it's well worth trying to get access - then email the report to your mac.