[Web4lib] link checkers

[Polly-Alida Farrington]

Robin,

I use LinkAlarm for small sites of a couple of hundred pages. Not 
sure how it would work for a big site, but might be worth testing. At 
a penny a page, it fits my budget!

http://linkalarm.com


Polly

Polly-Alida Farrington
PA Farrington Associates
e-mail: polly at pafa.net
http://blog.pafa.net/
http://lib20.pbwiki.com/




>From: "Robin" <robin at stcharleslibrary.org>
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>Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2009 13:45:28 -0500
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>Hello,
>
>*** (Cross-posted for maximum exposure to expertise - please forgive 
>supplication) ***
>
>A few weeks ago I asked for recommendations for a link checker to 
>replace the one that had become too expensive for us to use any 
>longer. To my surprise all the several replies I received 
>unanimously recommended the free Xenu tool - probably the first time 
>I've never had a range of products recommended.
>
>I was happy about that, including the free part, until my webmaster 
>told me A) she doesn't like it and B) it doesn't do things she 
>needs. To quote from her email:
>
>"So far I am not very impressed by Xenu. It took 2 hours to run the 
>link checker on the entire site last night but then couldn't build a report.
>
>I've broken it down and run JUST the files under 
>tp://www.stcharleslibrary.org/research/ this morning so that I could 
>get report. The accuracy of the report seems to be 1 in 30 or less. 
>Because of this inaccuracy, I've spend 3 hours this morning just 
>going through the first quarter of the report on research pages. 
>(And none of the other directories.)"
>
>So, I'm now looking for further recommendations, probably for 
>not-free software. Cost is still an issue - we can't afford $2K +  a 
>year - but it does seem as though we'll have to pay for what we get.
>
>Any recommendations for very robust low-cost link checkers will be 
>gratefully received and evaluated. TIA for any help you can offer.
>
>Robin.
>
>
>
>
>Robin Boulton
>IT Manager
>St. Charles Public Library District
>St. Charles, IL 60174
>(630) 584 0076 x 258
>Cell:(630) 918 8738
>http://www.stcharleslibrary.org/
>robin at stcharleslibrary.org