SiteScan

SiteScan is a lightweight, but very powerful utility created to check the health of URL addresses. Users can control the resources received by the tool, as well as the depth of the scan.

Once a webpage has been defined, the program begins to check for links and site content. One of the great things of this tool is that it also displays items found during its search.

As such, one can use this resource to check whether images on the site are being shown correctly. Given that even medium size pages can number hundreds of pictures, this is a very useful function.

The application allows users to selectively discard error messages. For example, if the analysis is only focused on the server side, one can apply a client errors filter.

Advanced users will surely like the fact that SiteScan allows defining customized link handling filters. With this powerful feature, one could bypass pages that have both a load time exceeding 10 seconds and a size of over 10 Megabytes, for example.

The program sports a simple, but beautiful GUI. All the core functions are neatly organized and crisp icons decorate the ribbons.

A built-in preview browser is located in the lower right corner. This is great for double-checking the results!

One of the really strong points of this application is that it is highly customizable. Users can control various settings, ranging from the resources allocated to the tool, to the browser emulation settings.

The amount of tolerated redirections can be adjusted, as well as the timeout parameters. All these features make this program a highly powerful tool, since modern sites can contain hundreds of links. Having no control over how the program operates would equal total chaos.

Summing up, SiteScan is a nice gem for anyone that needs to regularly check websites for broken links. The built-in browser is a great method to double-check the results!