I use Xenu's Link Sleuth, which is free:

http://home.snafu.de/tilman/xenulink.html

Wendy

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Wendy Volkman
Web Manager
Office of Human Resources


On Fri, Nov 5, 2010 at 12:09 PM, Megan Dushin <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> We used to pay for a link-checking service to check all of our websites for
> broken links (inbound, external, internal, orphaned, the gamut) and then
> send weekly email reports to the specific webmaster. This enabled us to keep
> link-rot away (provided we paid any attention to the reports).
>
> We stopped that service (expense outweighed benefit at the time), and the
> need is arising again.
>
> What do you use to check for broken external links on your sites? I know we
> can check for internal/orphaned links in Dreamweaver, but I don't know of a
> free way to check all external links within a site, or of a reputable paid
> service.
>
> Your thoughts welcome!
>
> Megan
>
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> Megan Dushin, Web developer/coordinator
> Institute on Community Integration | College of Education and Human
> Development
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