Link management

I have over 100 external links on my website, I need to check who of these
links back to me. I need to do this regularly.

Is there a software tool that does this?

Thanks,

Paul

__/ [Paul H] on Friday 06 January 2006 16:02 \__

I have over 100 external links on my website, I need to check who of these
links back to me. I need to do this regularly.

Is there a software tool that does this?

Thanks,

Paul

* Technorati.com enables you to do this almost in real time. Output is in the
form of Web pages or RSS feeds

* Try 'link:<your_site_address>' in Yahoo search or Google search. You can
pull results in the form of RSS feeds from both

* Use one of a variety of meta search engines in http://gada.be/ to keep
track of items that identify your site. Many links are included and
delivered in RSS form.

* Look at your referrals logs and try to see what comes up. valuable links
tend to lead actual visitors (traffic) to your site.

I mentioned RSS form quite often because you sought a software tool. Use an
RSS reader (e.g. RSSOwl, Thunderbird or Web-based Feedlounge, Google
Reader...). This means that you will have a comforable environment for
keeping track of this any time, anywhere. You can also aggregate results
form a variety of distinct sources.

Hope this helps,

Roy

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On Fri, 06 Jan 2006 16:42:06 +0000, Roy Schestowitz
<newsgroups (AT) schestowitz (DOT) com> wrote:

* Technorati.com enables you to do this almost in real time. Output is in the
form of Web pages or RSS feeds

Thank you Roy for that site. Bloody handy
looking at it now.

plh
Paul


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"Roy Schestowitz" <newsgroups (AT) schestowitz (DOT) com> wrote

__/ [Paul H] on Friday 06 January 2006 16:02 \__

I have over 100 external links on my website, I need to check who of
these
links back to me. I need to do this regularly.

Is there a software tool that does this?

Thanks,

Paul


* Technorati.com enables you to do this almost in real time. Output is in
the
form of Web pages or RSS feeds

Couldn't get my head round that. On the about about page it
says.."Technorati is the authority on what's going on in the world of
weblogs." ??

* Try 'link:<your_site_address>' in Yahoo search or Google search. You can
pull results in the form of RSS feeds from both

* Use one of a variety of meta search engines in http://gada.be/ to keep
track of items that identify your site. Many links are included and
delivered in RSS form.

* Look at your referrals logs and try to see what comes up. valuable links
tend to lead actual visitors (traffic) to your site.

I mentioned RSS form quite often because you sought a software tool. Use
an
RSS reader (e.g. RSSOwl, Thunderbird or Web-based Feedlounge, Google
Reader...). This means that you will have a comforable environment for
keeping track of this any time, anywhere. You can also aggregate results
form a variety of distinct sources.

Hope this helps,

Roy

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After looking at some of the solutions I now know *exactly* what I need. I
currently have a links page with hundred of links on it that has never been
maintained, links have been added and never checked for a reciprocal link. I
want to be able to scan every domain that is linked to from my links page
and check if they link back to me.

So, for example, if I have a link to http://www.bananas.com on my site, I
want to scan the entire bananans.com website for a reciprocal link. Is this
possible?

Thanks Roy,

Paul

__/ [Paul H] on Monday 09 January 2006 10:38 \__

"Roy Schestowitz" <newsgroups (AT) schestowitz (DOT) com> wrote in message
news:dpm6me$ebr$1 (AT) godfrey (DOT) mcc.ac.uk...
__/ [Paul H] on Friday 06 January 2006 16:02 \__

I have over 100 external links on my website, I need to check who of
these
links back to me. I need to do this regularly.

Is there a software tool that does this?

Thanks,

Paul


* Technorati.com enables you to do this almost in real time. Output is in
the
form of Web pages or RSS feeds


Couldn't get my head round that. On the about about page it
says.."Technorati is the authority on what's going on in the world of
weblogs." ??

If the world of Weblogs is all about /links/, then yes. Tagging is also
something that they dominate. They are best bar none in that area. Since a
new blog is created every 1 second nowadays, their capacity is depleted
though and they can't cope with more obscure sites that link heavily, often
for SEO purposes.

* Try 'link:<your_site_address>' in Yahoo search or Google search. You can
pull results in the form of RSS feeds from both

* Use one of a variety of meta search engines in http://gada.be/ to keep
track of items that identify your site. Many links are included and
delivered in RSS form.

* Look at your referrals logs and try to see what comes up. valuable links
tend to lead actual visitors (traffic) to your site.

I mentioned RSS form quite often because you sought a software tool. Use
an
RSS reader (e.g. RSSOwl, Thunderbird or Web-based Feedlounge, Google
Reader...). This means that you will have a comforable environment for
keeping track of this any time, anywhere. You can also aggregate results
form a variety of distinct sources.

Hope this helps,

Roy

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4:35pm up 26 days 23:46, 12 users, load average: 0.63, 0.43, 0.20
http://iuron.com - next generation of search paradigms



After looking at some of the solutions I now know *exactly* what I need. I
currently have a links page with hundred of links on it that has never been
maintained, links have been added and never checked for a reciprocal link.
I want to be able to scan every domain that is linked to from my links page
and check if they link back to me.

So, for example, if I have a link to http://www.bananas.com on my site, I
want to scan the entire bananans.com website for a reciprocal link. Is this
possible?

Thanks Roy,

Paul

There are commercial tools for doing that if I remember correctly. However,
how deep need you go in this voyage for that reciprocal link? People tend to
move links around, if not remove them altogether. You don't want to break
'link pacts' in vain.

Will you be willing to crawl the entire site and, if so, how would your 'link
partner' feel about this? How often will you run such link checks? In Linux,
one could do this rather simply, without any shrink-wrapped bloatware.
Firstly, to check that all outgoing links are 'alive', pass your links page
to:

http://validator.w3.org/checklink

and look at the summary. Then, what you need to do is descend into any such
site -- the external links, that is. One tool (among more) for the job is
wget. You could get just the referred page downloaded or even fetch the
entire site by following links recursively.

You could then run a scanner like fgrep or grep on the files (similar
front-end tools are available for Windows, albeit they cost money). You
should hen attempt to find your domain name anywhere in the site, which is
now mirrored locally. Something like:

fgrep -R "mysite.com" *

The scanner would tell you where the links reside, if anywhere. You can apply
this in batch mode, automatically going through your full list of links and
then schedule it to become a cyclic job (e.g. UNIX cron).

Hope it helps,

Roy

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http://Schestowitz.com | SuSE Linux | PGP-Key: 0x74572E8E
3:35pm up 29 days 22:46, 14 users, load average: 0.79, 0.95, 0.80
http://iuron.com - next generation of search paradigms

"Roy Schestowitz" <newsgroups (AT) schestowitz (DOT) com> wrote

__/ [Paul H] on Monday 09 January 2006 10:38 \__


"Roy Schestowitz" <newsgroups (AT) schestowitz (DOT) com> wrote in message
news:dpm6me$ebr$1 (AT) godfrey (DOT) mcc.ac.uk...
__/ [Paul H] on Friday 06 January 2006 16:02 \__

I have over 100 external links on my website, I need to check who of
these
links back to me. I need to do this regularly.

Is there a software tool that does this?

Thanks,

Paul


* Technorati.com enables you to do this almost in real time. Output is
in
the
form of Web pages or RSS feeds


Couldn't get my head round that. On the about about page it
says.."Technorati is the authority on what's going on in the world of
weblogs." ??


If the world of Weblogs is all about /links/, then yes. Tagging is also
something that they dominate. They are best bar none in that area. Since a
new blog is created every 1 second nowadays, their capacity is depleted
though and they can't cope with more obscure sites that link heavily,
often
for SEO purposes.


* Try 'link:<your_site_address>' in Yahoo search or Google search. You
can
pull results in the form of RSS feeds from both

* Use one of a variety of meta search engines in http://gada.be/ to keep
track of items that identify your site. Many links are included and
delivered in RSS form.

* Look at your referrals logs and try to see what comes up. valuable
links
tend to lead actual visitors (traffic) to your site.

I mentioned RSS form quite often because you sought a software tool. Use
an
RSS reader (e.g. RSSOwl, Thunderbird or Web-based Feedlounge, Google
Reader...). This means that you will have a comforable environment for
keeping track of this any time, anywhere. You can also aggregate results
form a variety of distinct sources.

Hope this helps,

Roy

--
Roy S. Schestowitz | make install -not war
http://Schestowitz.com | SuSE Linux | PGP-Key: 0x74572E8E
4:35pm up 26 days 23:46, 12 users, load average: 0.63, 0.43, 0.20
http://iuron.com - next generation of search paradigms



After looking at some of the solutions I now know *exactly* what I need.
I
currently have a links page with hundred of links on it that has never
been
maintained, links have been added and never checked for a reciprocal
link.
I want to be able to scan every domain that is linked to from my links
page
and check if they link back to me.

So, for example, if I have a link to http://www.bananas.com on my site, I
want to scan the entire bananans.com website for a reciprocal link. Is
this
possible?

Thanks Roy,

Paul


There are commercial tools for doing that if I remember correctly.
However,
how deep need you go in this voyage for that reciprocal link? People tend
to
move links around, if not remove them altogether. You don't want to break
'link pacts' in vain.

Will you be willing to crawl the entire site and, if so, how would your
'link
partner' feel about this? How often will you run such link checks? In
Linux,
one could do this rather simply, without any shrink-wrapped bloatware.
Firstly, to check that all outgoing links are 'alive', pass your links
page
to:

http://validator.w3.org/checklink

and look at the summary. Then, what you need to do is descend into any
such
site -- the external links, that is. One tool (among more) for the job is
wget. You could get just the referred page downloaded or even fetch the
entire site by following links recursively.

You could then run a scanner like fgrep or grep on the files (similar
front-end tools are available for Windows, albeit they cost money). You
should hen attempt to find your domain name anywhere in the site, which is
now mirrored locally. Something like:

fgrep -R "mysite.com" *

The scanner would tell you where the links reside, if anywhere. You can
apply
this in batch mode, automatically going through your full list of links
and
then schedule it to become a cyclic job (e.g. UNIX cron).

Hope it helps,

Roy

--
Roy S. Schestowitz
http://Schestowitz.com | SuSE Linux | PGP-Key: 0x74572E8E
3:35pm up 29 days 22:46, 14 users, load average: 0.79, 0.95, 0.80
http://iuron.com - next generation of search paradigms

Roy,

Thanks again for your time and wisdom. I have opted to go with Bloatware ;O)

I have been using the SEO Studio demo (http://www.trendmx.com/) and it
appears to be able to manage links pretty well. However, taking this route
does mean I will trash all my existing links and start from scratch.

The alternative appears to be going through them all manually or taking a
crash course in Linux or Perl, none of which appeals.

Regards,

Paul