Is there a way to tell if a page is being linked to?

alan_sh · Post by **alan_sh** » Sat Feb 06, 2021 8:23 pm

Probably a silly question.

I've gone back to a site I haven't updated in a while and found a page I didn't remember writing (I did, but I don't remember doing it). Is there any way to tell which pages might have a link to this potentially orphaned page?

cheers

Alan

Post by **Pablo** » Sat Feb 06, 2021 9:07 pm

There is currently no way to tell which pages might have a link to a specific page.

alan_sh · Post by **alan_sh** » Sat Feb 06, 2021 10:59 pm

Oh well, time to go scouring then.

Cheers

Alan

Daniel Baran · Post by **Daniel Baran** » Tue Mar 16, 2021 9:50 pm

Hello all,
It seems like a good situation in which to apply a 301 redirect.
With that, you can directly refer anyone clicking the "stale" remote link to whatever part of the website you wish.
This will work without having to know where the referring link is located.
I hope I have properly understood the question, and that this helps.
Best regards,
Daniel

alan_sh · Post by **alan_sh** » Tue Mar 16, 2021 11:21 pm

Hi Daniel,

Thanks for the answer, but that wasn't what I was after. I wanted to know if we could get a list of links for the whole .WBS file which I could then review to see if any of them pointed at my potentially orphaned page.

Alan

Daniel Baran · Post by **Daniel Baran** » Wed Mar 17, 2021 12:14 am

One last thought.
Maybe the list created by - Tools>Verify Links - could be helpful?

Later:
After a closer look, I see that my suggestion shows external links (and some but not all internal links).
Since your question seems to pertain to internal links, this may not be adequate.

ColinM · Post by **ColinM** » Wed Mar 17, 2021 5:47 am

Hi Alan,

Not sure of you have Google Analytics on the site - but if you do - GA > Behaviour > Behaviour Flow.
No guarantee of course - but just a suggestion.

BaconFries · Post by **BaconFries** » Wed Mar 17, 2021 2:41 pm

Hi Alan came across this may or may not be of help...

https://www.siteliner.com/

WWBman · Post by **WWBman** » Wed Mar 17, 2021 3:32 pm

That's a great site BF, thanks.

BaconFries · Post by **BaconFries** » Wed Mar 17, 2021 4:04 pm

Thanks WWBman

alan_sh · Post by **alan_sh** » Wed Mar 17, 2021 5:02 pm

That's a brilliant site - thanks.

It doesn't answer my original question, but it has found an error I didn't know was there.

Alan

Daniel Baran · Post by **Daniel Baran** » Wed Mar 17, 2021 6:35 pm

I just tried this one on my site and it listed out all the internal and external links.
Worth a look maybe.
https://www.seoreviewtools.com/internal-link-analyzer/
Thanks All,
Daniel

Daniel Baran · Post by **Daniel Baran** » Sat Mar 20, 2021 6:17 am

I also briefly tested this method for a case where the site is not live.
(Meaning just an unpublished WBS file)
This requires exporting the HTML code of any page of interest first.
Copy and Paste that HTML code into the "Source code of the page" box on the site below and push the "Extract" button:

https://online-free-tools.com/en/extrac ... age_source

The tool will extract and sort both Internal and External links into separate lists (automatically).
It worked fine for me.
Daniel

PS: I realize that this method could be tedious if your project has numerous pages.
Though it's still probably better than visually searching through the code.

www.wysiwygwebbuilder.com

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