Subscribe Feed (RSS)The Importance of Periodic Link Reviews; Dead Link Removal
April 24th, 2007 by Joshua Dorkin | Filed under Blogging, Websites.I just wanted to remind everyone to periodically review all the links they keep on their site. Whether you are a blogger with a blogroll full of links or if you’re just another webmaster who shares resources with others like I do with BiggerPockets® Real Estate Investing Community, you should always do a periodic review of the links on your site.
I realize that this is just another obvious comment, but while the internet will go on “forever,” many websites don’t last even close to that long. I wish I had some cool stat on how often sites disappear, but it happens pretty often. A site you use daily this week may be gone next week.
Keeping dead links on your site does not bring confidence to your users. It shows them that you are not keeping up with your site. This is never a good sign for anyone. If your users believe that you do not care enough to maintain and keep to date your links, then they might just want to find another site that does.
Many times the obvious tip is one of the most important:
there are some blogs with literally hundreds of links on their blogroll – they definately need to do a little ’spring cleaning’.
I do this occasionally, but it’s a good reminder to go check again….
Anyone knows for a reliable dead-link checker?
The dead-links dot com finds many working ones and announce them as dead.
I found one Jan . . . I usually do it manually, but try: http://www.dead-links.com
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