SEO Tip of the Day - July 14, 2010
July 14, 2010 – 4:29 am
Xenu’s Link Sleuth (or simply known as Xenu) is one of the most useful tools in SEO. It is free download software that runs on all versions of Windows. Although, this is more commonly known as tool to find broken links but can have multiple uses.
- List of URLs - It lists all the URLs of the website along with the file type. It will also list images, plug-ins, backgrounds, local image maps, style sheets, scripts and java applets.
- Server Response Code – Apart from checking broken links (404 status code), it will check server response code of all the pages of the website including temporary redirects (302) which can unknowingly cause trouble.
- Title Tags & Meta Descriptions – Xenu also lists page Titles and Meta Descriptions. This can be useful in finding if some pages have long, duplicate or missing Title and Description tags.
- Image Alt texts – There is also a provision to check image Alt texts. Images can be sorted find missing Alt texts .
- Linking Structure – Linking Structure or Information Architecture of the website can also be determined by Xenu as it lists the Level or number of clicks a page is away from the homepage.
- Sitemap – Last but not the least, Xenu also has an option to generate Google sitemap.