{"id":100836,"date":"2010-09-16T13:57:33","date_gmt":"2010-09-16T05:57:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/seo-hacker.com\/?p=836"},"modified":"2023-02-08T09:11:19","modified_gmt":"2023-02-08T01:11:19","slug":"check-broken-urls-xenu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seo-hacker.com\/check-broken-urls-xenu\/","title":{"rendered":"Check your broken URLs using Xenu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/seo-hacker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Xenu-Logo1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"fpi-shvzz\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-893 lazyload\" title=\"Xenu Logo\" data-src=\"https:\/\/seo-hacker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Xenu-Logo1.jpg\" alt=\"Xenu Logo\" width=\"219\" height=\"144\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 219px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 219\/144;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>How do I find broken links on my site using Xenu?<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Quick Answer:<\/strong> This is one of the basic uses of this tool. Simply direct the program to your homepage, check the \u201cSkip External\u201d option, and run it. It will then provide a report, which indicates any broken links. You can also export this report into Microsoft Excel by clicking \u201cFile,\u201d then \u201cExport to TAB separated file\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2>Overview<\/h2>\n<p>I stumbled upon this free crawling tool on the web and I just wanted to share it with you guys. As you all know, search engines crawl your websites regularly through your inbound and outbound links. You wouldn&#8217;t want to stock up on broken links, would you?<\/p>\n<p>This tool checks out all your links and more<\/p>\n<p>The <a title=\"Xenu Tool website\" href=\"http:\/\/home.snafu.de\/tilman\/xenulink.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Xenu tool is free to download and use<\/a>. It automatically connects to your website and starts crawling your site as any search engine would crawl it up. The great thing about Xenu is that it&#8217;s so easy to use. Just pop in the\u00a0 URL and it starts crawling right away!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/seo-hacker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Xenu-tool-screenshot2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-891 lazyload\" title=\"Xenu crawl tool\" data-src=\"https:\/\/seo-hacker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Xenu-tool-screenshot-1024x583.jpg\" alt=\"Xenu crawl tool\" width=\"500\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1024px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1024\/583;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I find it really useful in helping me detect and fix my broken links. Wouldn&#8217;t want the search engines getting upset over some broken links in my site.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/seo-hacker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Xenu-tool-screenshot-2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-892 lazyload\" title=\"Xenu tool screenshot\" data-src=\"https:\/\/seo-hacker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Xenu-tool-screenshot-2.jpg\" alt=\"Xenu tool screenshot\" width=\"500\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 848px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 848\/170;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Xenu link crawling tool is very detailed in it&#8217;s presentation of links in your site. As SEO specialists, every detail and info matters to us so I find it really convenient to know all the details about all the links in my site. Best of all, it produces a report after it has crawled all the links in your site.<\/p>\n<p>You can <a title=\"Xenu Tool\" href=\"http:\/\/home.snafu.de\/tilman\/XENU.ZIP\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">download the Xenu tool here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Try it out for yourself.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How do I find broken links on my site using Xenu? Quick Answer: This is one of the basic uses of this tool. Simply direct the program to your homepage, check the \u201cSkip External\u201d option, and run it. It will then provide a report, which indicates any broken links. 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