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Screenshot of Xenu's Link Sleuth checking the COPTR pages
 
 
 
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|purpose=The tool checks the hyperlinks on websites.
 
|purpose=The tool checks the hyperlinks on websites.
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|homepage=http://home.snafu.de/tilman/xenulink.html
 
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[[Category:Web]]
 
[[Category:Web Crawl]]
 
 
 
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== Description ==
 
== Description ==
 
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Xenu's Link Sleuth checks the hyperlinks of websites. Originally intended as a tool to find broken links for webmasters, the output can be used to guide a crawler in web archiving. The tool is written by Tilman Hausherr and is proprietary software available at no charge.  
 
Xenu's Link Sleuth checks the hyperlinks of websites. Originally intended as a tool to find broken links for webmasters, the output can be used to guide a crawler in web archiving. The tool is written by Tilman Hausherr and is proprietary software available at no charge.  
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Screenshot of Xenu's Link Sleuth checking the COPTR pages
 
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Revision as of 15:09, 21 April 2021





The tool checks the hyperlinks on websites.
Homepage:http://home.snafu.de/tilman/xenulink.html
Function:Web Crawl
Content type:Web



Description

Xenu's Link Sleuth checks the hyperlinks of websites. Originally intended as a tool to find broken links for webmasters, the output can be used to guide a crawler in web archiving. The tool is written by Tilman Hausherr and is proprietary software available at no charge. Xenu.PNG

Screenshot of Xenu's Link Sleuth checking the COPTR pages

User Experiences

Development Activity