Site Management

Xenu`s Link Sleuth is a multi-threaded spidering software that 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. The program displays a continously updated list of URLs which you can sort by different criteria. A full report can be produced at any time. Xenu also allows you to include/exclude certain links from verification. The best free link checker out there!

Good Keywords a powerful utility that will allow you to find relevant keywords for your website, so that you can optimize your pages for search engines. The program includes options to query search engines, generate misspelled versions of a keyword, build keyword phrases, and organize your keywords. Good Keywords also includes a site popularity check and a web page analyzer.

Nesox Link Checker Free Edition enables you to validate your website links and at the same time retrieve PageRank information from Google. The program can automatically extract the link s from an URL you enter, or import links from a text file. The free version is limited to 100 links, which makes it suitable for small websites, or to check page ranks of your competitors.

CSE HTML Validator Lite is a fast, easy to use, and free HTML development tool for Microsoft Windows that will help you to write syntactically correct HTML. You ll be surprised how many problems may exist in your HTML, even if it was made with a WYSIWYG editor or automatic HTML generator. HTML Validator will help you quickly locate and fix HTML problems so that your documents are easily viewed by a variety of web browsers. You can even fix your documents inside of HTML Validator by using the integrated editor! CSE Lite is great for HTML beginners and professionals who want to make sure that their web site visitors do not leave their site because they ran into problems caused by poorly written HTML. A more powerful commercial version is also available.

BackLinks Master enables you to check which sites are linking to you. It uses Google, MSN and Yahoo search engine results to gather the backlinks, and creates a detailed report with the URL of the site and the address of the page they are linking to. You can also check for specific URLs, which allows you to verify or find affiliate or exchange links, as well as a specific text that is used in the anchor text of the link. The results can be exported to CSV for further analysis.

Links Assistant is a handy assistant for webmasters who promote their sites via link exchanges. It allows you to create and maintain a database of sites that you are partnering with and helps you to automate many of the tasks to maintain your relationship with those sites. You can send email messages from templates (link is up note, exchange request and thank you note), generate and update the HTML code of your links directories or pages, and keep track of additional information. The program includes some basic documentation, but most of the features are self-explanatory to a webmaster familiar with link exchanges.

REL Link Checker Lite is an easy-to-use, yet powerful link validation tool to help you maintain the accuracy of links on your web site by locating broken links and links containing syntax errors. It supports HTTP, FTP and proxy connections, can scan websites, import URLs and save projects for repeated verification. This is the free version of a more powerful tool - Web Link Validator. The free version is well suited for personal home pages and can handle up to 1000 links per run.