[WEB4LIB] identifying links
Avi Rappoport
avi-list at searchtools.com
Wed Sep 18 15:33:52 EDT 2002
It is quite tricky to find off-site link checkers, most checkers just
do local links.
Xenu runs on Unix, BigBrother and VSE Link Tester on Mac OS 9 (but
both are a bit weird and sometimes crash).
Best of luck,
Avi
At 10:15 AM -0700 9/18/02, Robin Boulton wrote:
>This posting is subsequent to my query yesterday about the problems we are
>having trying to administer a managed collection.
>
>Can anyone recommend a tool for examining a site to help identify all the
>links to external sites/domains? On some sites you can view source code
>(tedious but doable); on others, you cannot. I am looking for a way to
>automate the process of harvesting all links to external sites so we can
>experiment with examining/approving them and adding them to the collection
>if they pass muster.
>
>Many thanks to all who responded to my earlier query. I did pass on your
>suggestions to the YS dept.... from whom I have received a resounding
>silence...:)
>
>TIA again,
>Robin
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