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Subject:Re: Test for broken links From:Tracy Boyington <tracy_boyington -at- okvotech -dot- org> To:TECHWR-L <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Mon, 08 May 2000 16:11:17 -0500
> We have a webpage with a long list of links pointing to other relevant sites from the net. These sites have been researched by the business specialists. Now the issue is, how does one check if these links are active(not broken, lost, moved,etc.). This is presently being done manually. Is there some way of automating the process or a software tool available?
What a coincidence... we were just talking about this in staff meeting last week, as I was recruiting human link checkers. My supervisor told us about a publication that listed a very innocuous, very legitimate link that apparently gave up its URL, which was then taken by a porn site. I don't know of any link checking software that checks for content, so I think I'll stick to humans. :-)
(Yes, Billy, I hear you laughing.)
Tracy
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Tracy Boyington mailto:tracy_boyington -at- okvotech -dot- org
Oklahoma Department of Vocational & Technical Education
Stillwater, Oklahoma http://www.okvotech.org/cimc
Give a hoot... read a book
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