How to Check Website Links
To maintain a successful online business, you must make sure that every photo, paragraph and hyperlink on your website is in place as well as functioning properly. You must find out how many other websites link to yours, because this helps you gauge the success and popularity of your website. Knowing the URLs of those websites that link to yours may also help you improve the marketing and traffic flow of your website.
First: First, make sure all the links you put on your site function correctly.
To do this, open up your website with a browser such as Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox or Google Chrome. Use your mouse pointer to hover over each link. The URL of the link should appear near the bottom of your browser window. If that URL is correct, click through and make sure that the site you linked to is still operational. To save time instead of doing this manually, search online for a free tool designed to find broken links for you.
Second: Next, find out the popularity of your website by checking for backlinks.
The more backlinks you have, the more people are coming to your website from other websites. This means more traffic and sales for you, as well as a higher Google Pagerank. Search online to find the best one of several free backlink checking tools for you. Many also check for broken links, or offer to tell you your Google Pagerank as well. For a faster solution, purchase professional software designed to do the same thing.