Relusi and Other Resource Directories Full of Broken Links?
It is reputed that Google will penalize you if you have too many
broken links on your sites.
As with all things Google, who outside of Google really knows?
But, it can't hurt to play it safe and clean up your sites,
including resource directories.
I have found that a huge source of dead links on my sites is the
Brausch Relusi Resource Directories (a link exchange program).
This post is directed mainly at those using Relusi, but but everyone
can benefit from finding and deleting all kinds of dead links.
Because of too many problems with Relusi, some time ago I disabled
new linking.
See why and how at my blog post
Brausch Relusi Resource Directory New Link Request Disabling.
However, I have kept existing links in the Relusi subdirectories,
FWIW.
Since they are static, over time many links have gone obsolete,
cluttering up the directories.
So I decided that it was finally time to clean up the broken links.
Relusi has turned out to be a worthless
POS,
so I am no longer recommending its use.
It turns out that Relusi causes too much trouble and causes too many problems
for negligible, if not negative, results.
I have removed the Relusi link directories (resource directories) from my sites.
[2008-10-23]
HOWEVER, PORTIONS OF THE FOLLOWING
ARE STILL OF GENERAL APPLICABILITY
IN FINDING AND DELETING BROKEN
LINKS IN ALL KINDS OF WEBPAGES.
There are many link validators out there.
If you search on Google, you will find 1,830,000 results for "link
validation" (without the quotes).
I figured I may as well use an authority, the
W3 Consortium W3C Link Checker version 4.3 (c) 1999-2006 W3C,
to find them.
A SIMPLE PHP CODE EDIT REQUIRED
First, though, you will have to fix up the PHP code for your link
(resource) directories.
If you have disabled Relusi, as I have (see above), you will have to
copy back onto your server the file "submit.php" for this exercise.
You should delete it again after you are done.
Next, you will have to modify a PHP file.
This is to make it more expeditious to locate in your Relusi files
the link entries that the W3C Link Checker is going to find for you.
That file is "moderate.php", and you will have to add three lines
(two note lines and one code line).
Here are the original lines 12-16:
echo getSiteName($currentLinkNum);
echo "</a>";
echo " " . getReviewStatusLong($currentLinkNum);
echo "<br>";
echo getSiteDesc($currentLinkNum);
After you add the three lines, the snippet will look like:
echo getSiteName($currentLinkNum);
echo "</a>";
// insert here the URL to make it easier to use
// http://validator.w3.org/checklist/ to validate links
echo " " . getSiteURL($currentLinkNum);
echo " " . getReviewStatusLong($currentLinkNum);
echo "<br>";
echo getSiteDesc($currentLinkNum);
Upload that, and now you are ready to use the
W3C Link Checker
mentioned above.
FINDING THE BROKEN LINKS
On the W3C Link Checker page, you enter the URL of one of your link
directories, e.g.,
http://www.yoursite.com/lnk/
or whatever.
You want to check the box for
"Check linked documents recursively, recursion depth:"
I entered "2" for the number of levels.
It will take some time (frequently a VERY long time), but eventually
you will get a lot of color-coded stuff throughout the results page.
As far as I am concerned, I want to delete all the Relusi links color-coded
by the Link Checker, except the grey-coded ones.
But, if any of my own links are color-coded as problems, naturally I
will fix, not delete them.
THE RELUSI MODERATION SCREEN
Keep the Link Checker screen in one window (or in Firefox, in one
tab).
In another tab, go into the Relusi moderate screen.
That is the one with ALL the listings -- accepted, rejected, not
reviewed -- shown.
Typically, one might look like this:
Buy Low Sell High http://www.buylow-and-sellhigh.com/ accepted.
Buy Low Sell High stocks and ETFs - Proven Method - No crystal ball
required. Let the market tell you what to do, rather than trying to
figure it out.
You will note that, since you modified "moderate.php", that the URL
is now also shown in the first line of each entry.
BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN THE LINK CHECKER AND RELUSI
In the W3C window, find a bad link (highlighted red, purple, yellow).
Run your cursor over it, right click (Firefox) and click "Copy Link
Location".
Then switch to the Relusi moderation list window.
In Firefox, hit "Ctrl+F" to open a "Find" window at the bottom of the
browser.
Paste the link you just copied into the clipboard into the "Find"
window.
(Important: Delete the final "/" if present.)
Your cursor on the page should now be at the dead link entry.
Click on the text link to the left of the URL to get to the detail
page.
Click "Delete" at the bottom of the page.
Now you will be back at the moderation list window.
The entry should now say "rejected" at the end of the first line.
Rinse and repeat for each bad link found.
Now, you will have a whole bunch of newly "rejected" entries, in
addition to any previously rejected.
WANT TO REALLY CLEAN UP THE RELUSI FILES?
The dead links you have rejected will now not show to Google,
but they are still cluttering your Relusi files.
If you want to clean out all those rejected links PERMANENTLY,
"Discover How I Intercept, Reject and Dump Junk and Unconfirmed Links
Simply and Permanently from this Resource Directory."
(Link deleted.)
Relusi has turned out to be a worthless
POS,
so I am no longer offering the packing script for sale.
I have removed the Relusi resource link directories from my sites.
[2008-10-23]
Reminder: If you previously disabled Relusi, make sure to re-delete
"submit.php".
You can leave "moderate.php" as it now is, to show the URLs in the
links moderation list window.
Go to this related blog post to make or see comments.
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