Re: Link checker

Paul, WRT "Are You There," I am concerned that using such a tool will
seriously skew my site statistics, which are not under my control (that is,
I cannot tell the stats reporting program to ignore a certain originating
site). How do you handle this issue?
TIA,
--
Steve C
www.ReadersOpinions.com

----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Wilson" <webgooru(at)gte.net>
To: "Kathy Wargo" <kathywargo(at)hotmail.com>; <hwg-languages(at)hwg.org>;
<oaugnet-dba(at)lists.ksinet.com>
Sent: Monday, November 27, 2000 9:22 AM
Subject: Re: Link checker


| > I need a routine to verify if the addresses are still viable (not
broken).
| > I would like to run a script or I will write code to check to see if
each
| > web address still links.
|
| I use "CyberSpyder" which is shareware and inexpensive.  The fact that you
| can try it out first will tell you if it works for your specific
| application.  You can DL it at http://cyberspyder.com
|
| He also has another product called "Are You There?"  that I use to verify
my
| websites are staying up.  You would not believe how often they go down!
Not
| all host companies are created equal.  Ask them what their down time is
and
| they all say "better than 99%."   Guess what, thats almost an hour and a
| half a week!
|
| Paul Wilson
| webgooru(at)gte.net
|

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