FindParked is a software that identifies links on your website that refer to a parking site. Unlike BrokenLinks or Xenu, FindParked indicates that these links no longer function and only direct to ads. It's a backend tool for Xenu Linksleuth.
FindParked is a powerful software tool designed to help you identify links on your website that point to a parking site. These links may appear just fine to Xenu or BrokenLinks, but the reality is that the associated website is no longer functional and only displays a page full of ads.
Using FindParked is straightforward and comes with two options. Firstly, you can create a list of URLs in a text or CSV file and provide the name of these files on the command line for FindParked. The data must be placed in the first column of the CSV file, with other columns ignored. Secondly, you can use XENU to export a list of URLs your site points to and then put that file name on the command line of FindParkedInXenu.
Duplicate entries are automatically removed before probing begins, and as with Xenu, the testing process is a bit slow since the software has to load the contents of every homepage. It is advised that you run this test perhaps once a month, while BrokenLinks can be run on a daily basis.
It is important to understand that the sites reported by FindParked may or may not be parking sites, and therefore require manual examination to confirm. However, if they are indeed parking sites, there is not much you can do except delete links to those sites from your website.
FindParked can be deceived by links to sites hosted by an ISP that does parking under the same domain name. Therefore, manual verification of any sites found is strongly recommended.
FindParked is designed for experienced webmasters and offers no frills. It presents all its findings simply on the console. If you want to learn more about Xenu Link Sleuth and its associated BrokenLinks utility, check the links provided.
Using FindParked is straightforward and comes with two options. Firstly, you can create a list of URLs in a text or CSV file and provide the name of these files on the command line for FindParked. The data must be placed in the first column of the CSV file, with other columns ignored. Secondly, you can use XENU to export a list of URLs your site points to and then put that file name on the command line of FindParkedInXenu.
Duplicate entries are automatically removed before probing begins, and as with Xenu, the testing process is a bit slow since the software has to load the contents of every homepage. It is advised that you run this test perhaps once a month, while BrokenLinks can be run on a daily basis.
It is important to understand that the sites reported by FindParked may or may not be parking sites, and therefore require manual examination to confirm. However, if they are indeed parking sites, there is not much you can do except delete links to those sites from your website.
FindParked can be deceived by links to sites hosted by an ISP that does parking under the same domain name. Therefore, manual verification of any sites found is strongly recommended.
FindParked is designed for experienced webmasters and offers no frills. It presents all its findings simply on the console. If you want to learn more about Xenu Link Sleuth and its associated BrokenLinks utility, check the links provided.
What's New
Version 1.7: now has an exceptions file to avoid reporting false alarms.