{"id":589,"date":"2011-10-14T05:40:10","date_gmt":"2011-10-14T12:40:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bizwaremagic.com\/weblog\/?p=589"},"modified":"2019-10-23T05:15:32","modified_gmt":"2019-10-23T12:15:32","slug":"fix-broken-links-with-xenu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bizwaremagic.com\/weblog\/2011\/10\/14\/fix-broken-links-with-xenu\/","title":{"rendered":"Fix broken links with Xenu"},"content":{"rendered":"


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\nBWMagic’s Internet Marketing Newsletter
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\nAre Broken Links Hurting Your Site?<\/b>
\n
\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


\n
\n\"Google
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\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

There’s nothing as annoying as finding a great webpage
\nwith lots of good content – but then when you click
\na link the dreaded “Page Not Found” pops up or worse yet,
\nnothing at all pops up.
\n
\n
\nWe have all been there, done that.<\/b>
\n
\n
\nHowever, if those broken links are on your site, then
\nyou do have a problem. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Not only won’t your visitors be pleased but broken links,
\nboth internal and external, are a real problem for the
\nsearch engines. These engines use simple bots\/spiders
\nto crawl\/index your content – hitting a broken link is like
\ngoing down a dead-end street.<\/p>\n

Broken links can stop the indexing of your content
\nand should be fixed for this reason alone. Besides,
\nyou want a clean site with everything working, if you
\nwant happy repeat visitors to your site.<\/p>\n

But there is a larger problem with broken links and it
\nhas everything to do with the “quality” of your site.
\nAs you probably already know, this past year, Google
\nlaunched its powerful Panda Update, this Update was
\ndifferent because for the first time Google was not
\njust ranking an individual webpage, but your whole
\nsite.<\/p>\n

Panda and the countless algorithm changes since have
\nplaced greater emphasis on the OVERALL quality of your
\nsite and how your keywords\/pages rank in Google.<\/p>\n

So now, more than ever, the quality of your site matters.
\nYour whole site and not just one or two pages which
\nrank high.<\/p>\n

Broken links are a sign that your site is not maintained
\nor up to date. If you have 10’s or even 100’s of broken
\nlinks – this will bring down the quality of your site,
\nnot to mention, you will have a lot of unhappy campers
\nvisiting your site.
\n
\n
\nFix broken links with Xenu!<\/b>
\n
\n
\nSo you must regularly check your site for broken links
\nand fix them. One of the best resources I have found is
\na free software called “Xenu’s Link Sleuth” and it’s very
\neasy to use.
\n
\n
\nhttps:\/\/home.snafu.de\/tilman\/xenulink.html
\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Just type in your URL and this software will crawl your
\nsite and give you a list of any broken links. Best part,
\nyou can tell this software to only check for internal links or
\nyou can check for both internal and external links on your
\nsite.<\/p>\n

It offers up a very comprehensive report which you can use.
\nPlus, it can also give you a Sitemap to submit to the
\nsearch engines.<\/p>\n

So improve your site’s quality by fixing any and all broken links
\n– the search engines will thank you!<\/p>\n


\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Helping People Succeed Online Since 2002!<\/p>\n

Kind Regards,
\nTitus Hoskins<\/p>\n

Did you find the above information helpful? If so, why not
\nhelp spread the word – recommend this content by using
\nthe social bookmark sites below. The SEO Gods will Thank You!
\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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