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How do I handle broken links from within my pages?
Christopher Brooks, 14 Oct 1999
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Some of my group's pages don't show up properly. Why?
Link rot is a big problem with web pages in general.
There are two areas: detection and correction
Detection
The GSRC Website uses the
Htdig search
engine. The search engine is run each night, and a log
file is generated. We run a short script over that
log file and send email about broken links to webmaster.
The webmasters then either fix the links themselves,
or send email to the authors.
If your pages are publicly readable, you can
use one of the services from the
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