Despite the fact that it is not directly related to link building, it is important to ensure that your onpage links are in order and do not refer to pages that do not (anymore) exist because that can damage your rankings and be annoying for your visitors. site.

Checking Dead Links:

• Link Tiger: With Link Tiger you can detect dead links and set up automatic reports so that you are immediately informed when there is a dead link on your site. This dead link check tool is not free, but you can already use all features from $ 2.95 per month.
• Backlink Test Dead Link Checker ; The dead link checker of backlinktest is free but without an alert function. After entering the url and captcha you can easily see which links on your site no longer work. Very nice with this tool is that you can see exactly on which page the dead link is located.
• Website Auditor: We often use Link Assistant’s Website Auditor to check dead links on the websites. This tool can do a lot more and checking links on the site is just one of the many possibilities. Again, with a click on the button next to the number of the broken link you can immediately see on which page the broken link is located.
• Siteliner.com : New free and paid broken link checks. This is a new tool from the makers of Copyscape and besides checking site wide duplicate content, it also analyzes broken links on your site. The free version is good enough so count your profit.

Broken Link Checker Plugin For WordPress

Voor WordPress is er een handige dode link checker plugin die automatisch alle gebroken links op je site kan detecteren. Na installatie zal het alle huidige links in je posts, blogroll (bookmarks) en andere content op je site afgaan, indexeren en checken of ze niet linken naar 404 error pagina’s of plekken op het web die niet (meer) bestaan. Het kan enige tijd duren (ongeveer 1 minuut tot 1 uur) voordat alle links zijn geïndexeerd en gechecked maar daarna heb je wel een mooi overzicht van alle dode links op je WP site en je kan deze ook nog eens filteren om bijvoorbeeld alleen dode comment links weer te geven.

Helemaal handig is dat je vanuit het admin panel dat bereikbaar is via Settings > Link Checker de links kunt bewerken, verwijderen of op status “not broken” kunt zetten. En een leuke bijkomstigheid is dat deze plugin ook is vertaald in het Nederlands. Als je een Nederlandse WordPress versie hebt geïnstalleerd dan zal de plugin automatisch geïnstalleerd worden met de Nederlandse taal actief.

WordPress Plugin Interne Link Structuur Optimaliseren

In addition, there is also a free WordPress plugin that shows which internal pages link to the post you are currently viewing. This way you can ensure that you also optimize the internal link structure of your pages. This will ensure that your site is better indexed and if you link related pages to each other, it will also benefit your rankings. There are many other ways to optimize your internal link structure. A new detailed article about this soon.

 

There are many other ways to check backlinks and keep the internal link structure in order. If you have a nice addition, let us know in the comments below.