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Freeware Link Checkers

Find the broken links on your web site with these freeware link checkers.

Check URL

CheckURL is program to find broken links on your web site. Link verification is done on normal links. CheckURL displays the URLs list with an extended report. Also an HTML report can be produced.
OS: Windows 9x/NT4/ME/2k/XP
Status: Freeware
Version: Beta
File Size: 216 kB
Date: 02-04-2004
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LinkProver

Once you have created your web pages, LinkProver will check which graphics have been included in your pages and where the links are directed. If you are missing any of the graphics, or if a link points to a non-existent page, LinkProver will warn you. Use the listing produced to make sure you upload all the necessary graphics to your server - and then check it on-line with LinkProver to make sure it really works!
OS: Windows
Status: Freeware
Version: 2.1d
File Size: 952.6 KB
Date: 02-05-2004
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Mihov Link Checker

Mihov Link Checker is a program, that can check multiple links on the internet. It reports you each link is valid or missing, forbidden or otherwise not accessible.
Enter all the links in one text file or check each link separately for HTML server response. Or check all the links on one page, saved on your disk. You can also check live sites - just enter the site's address and let Mihov Link Checker do the work for you. Your visitors will never see '404 Not Found' error on your home page again!
OS: Windows
Status: Freeware
Version: 0.5
File Size: 243 kB
Date: 11-14-2003
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REL Link Checker Lite

REL Link Checker Lite is a free easy-to-use link checker tool to help you maintain the accuracy of links on your web site. The program will help you easily locate broken links and links containing syntactic errors.
This is the free version of a more powerful tool, Web Link Validator. This lite version is designed for casual webmasters and is only designed to check a small web site (up to 1000 links).
OS: Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP
Status: Freeware
Version: 1.0
File Size: 730 kB
Date: 11-14-2003
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Weblink Checker

When you are creating or updating your web site, its all too easy to accidentally create a broken link. Most webmasters insert external links (links to other sites) by copying them from their web browser, but they manually type in the name for internal links (links to pages within their own site). It is these internal links that are often the source of mistakes. A broken internal link can not only potentially lose you visitors and sales, but can even have an effect on your search engine ranking. Weblink Checker is a very simple tool which instantly checks your web site on your PC before you upload it to your web host. Simply select the file corresponding to your home page and the software will instantly spider your site on your PC, checking every internal link and giving you a detailed report of any problems. Weblink Checker also offers a simple link editor feature allowing you to easily repair broken links. This feature will also display all the links present in any web page and instantly replace any link. Weblink Checker is a handy tool for any webmaster - and best of all, its free! It requires no installation - just download it and run it.
OS: Windows
Status: Freeware
Version: N/A
File Size: 231 KB
Date: 03-11-2004
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Xenu Link Sleuth

Xenu's Link Sleuth (TM) checks Web sites for broken links. Link verification is done on "normal" links, images, frames, plug-ins, backgrounds, local image maps, style sheets, scripts and java applets. It displays a continously updated list of URLs which you can sort by different criteria. A report can be produced at any time.
Additional features: Simple, no-frills user-interface - Can re-check broken links (useful for temporary network errors) - Simple report format, can also be e-mailed - Executable file less than 500K - Supports SSL websites ("https:// ") - Partial testing of ftp and gopher sites - Detects and reports redirected URLs - Site Map.
OS: Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP
Status: Freeware
Version: 1.2g
File Size: 532 KB
Date: 11-02-2003
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