I use a small program called Xenu’s Link Sleuth. Which looks at all blog posts, grabs the links I’ve mentioned, and then check that they still exist. Or to put it more accurately:
Xenu’s Link Sleuth (TM) checks Web sites for broken links. Link verification is done on “normal” links, images, frames, plug-ins, backgrounds, local image maps, style sheets, scripts and java applets. It displays a continuously updated list of URLs which you can sort by different criteria. A report can be produced at any time.
From this month’s Xenu run, I’ve updated the following posts:
- All about InstallShield command line switches
- 10 disk defragging programs
- On bad (computer generated) advice
- Surfing the seedy side – Part 2
- Installing Windows 2008 Server Core on the ASUS EEE Box PC
- Upgrading from Windows XP to Vista
- Key security questions that every executive should be able to answer
- Of Tin-Foil Hats and Binaural Tones
- Food – while in England
- FCW Article: Which biometric to use?
- Programming Lotus Notes with Visual Basic – much is wrong
- PCL XL Error – Invalid Media
- Beware of The Doghouse this holiday season
Update September 2009:
I also now use a WordPress “Link Checker” Plugin