Script to remove dead links?

**Aquarezz** · 3 January, 2009, 19:22 PM

Hello,
I just found a great list of thousand sites with usefull info for me...
But the problem is, the list is 2 years old... so a lot of sites are offline already...

Is there a site/script so I can check if the site is online or not?

Greets

**Will.Spencer** · 3 January, 2009, 20:09 PM

Originally Posted by Aquarezz

Hello,
I just found a great list of thousand sites with usefull info for me...
But the problem is, the list is 2 years old... so a lot of sites are offline already...
Is there a site/script so I can check if the site is online or not?

Here's a quick cheat:

Paste the list into vBulletin.
Preview your post.

vBulletin's "Automatically parse links in text" and "Automatically retrieve titles from external links" features will work together to retrieve the <title> tags from each URL.

The URL's which end up without title tags are probably offline.

**stickycarrots** · 3 January, 2009, 20:49 PM

Originally Posted by Will.Spencer

Here's a quick cheat:

Paste the list into vBulletin.
Preview your post.

vBulletin's "Automatically parse links in text" and "Automatically retrieve titles from external links" features will work together to retrieve the <title> tags from each URL.

The URL's which end up without title tags are probably offline.

Really nice idea there Will. I was going to say to create a PHP code to do it, but that's much easier

**Aquarezz** · 3 January, 2009, 20:50 PM

Great!
Too bad it keeps loading if I try to preview a reply with these links:
Everyday SEO | Free SEO tools and resources for your site optimization.: List of free Article Submission

Hmmm....

Greets

**Will.Spencer** · 3 January, 2009, 22:05 PM

Originally Posted by Aquarezz

Great!
Too bad it keeps loading if I try to preview a reply with these links:
Everyday SEO | Free SEO tools and resources for your site optimization.: List of free Article Submission

That's a big list! But here's a better one: List of Article Directories (500+) - Articles Submission Service

**5starpix** · 3 January, 2009, 22:50 PM

Originally Posted by Will.Spencer

Here's a quick cheat:

Paste the list into vBulletin.
Preview your post.

vBulletin's "Automatically parse links in text" and "Automatically retrieve titles from external links" features will work together to retrieve the <title> tags from each URL.

The URL's which end up without title tags are probably offline.

Thats a very smart idea. Nice!