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    • AB_Newbie
      AB_Newbie last edited by

      Hi! This might sound like a newbie question, but I'm trying to find all crawlable links (that google bot sees), on a particular page of my website. I'm trying to use screaming frog, but that gives me all the links on that particular page, AND all subsequent pages in the given sub-directory. What I want is ONLY the crawlable links pointing away from a particular page. What is the best way to go about this? Thanks in advance.

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      • AB_Newbie
        AB_Newbie last edited by

        Thanks for sharing this information Thomas. Appreciate your time and help here. Regards.

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        • BlueprintMarketing
          BlueprintMarketing @AB_Newbie last edited by

          I understand yes are referred that is a parameter or how far from home here's some information on a tool I'm using right now

          http://www.internetmarketingninjas.com/seo-tools/google-sitemap-generator/

          here is an HTML file of the results however you can see the how far from home on the left hand side I suggest you run the tool yourself so you can see the full results

          http://www.internetmarketingninjas.com/seo-tools/google-sitemap-generator/tmp/cd6f6c650d15ca84c6df3f9f7da95619.html

          Using the IMN Google Site Map Generator

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          Note that the results table data of the online sitemap generator is interactive. Most of the data items are linked, either to the URLs referenced or to details about the data. For most cells that contain non-URL data, pause the mouse over the cell to see the full results.


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          • Size of the page on kilobytes (click to see page load speed test results for this URL from Google)
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          • The tag text from the URL’s page
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          The External links table includes the following data fields:

          • URL’s returned HTTP status code
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          • Link text used for the URL
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          The Internal errors table gathers all of the pages returning HTTP code errors (4xx and 5xx level codes) in one place to help organize the effort to resolve the problems. It includes the following data fields:

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          • Internal URL used in the link
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          • Internal page URL on which the link was first found

          The Internal errors table is a subset of the Internal links table showing just those pages returning HTTP status code errors.


          4Internal HTTP redirects table

          The Internal redirects table combines all of the pages returning HTTP redirects in one list so you can easily review them. You should not have to rely on redirects internally. Instead, you can fix the source code containing the redirected link. This table contains the following data fields:

          • URL’s returned HTTP status code (click it to go to the HTTP Response Code Checker tool)
          • Number of times that URL is linked to from within the site (click to see the list of affected URLs)
          • Internal URL used in the link
          • Link text used for the URL
          • Redirect’s target URL
          • Internal page URL on which the link was first found

          The Internal redirects table is a subset of the Internal links table showing just those pages returning 301 and 302 HTTP status code redirects.


          5External HTTP code errors table

          The External errors table gathers all of the pages returning HTTP code errors (4xx and 5xx level codes) in one place to help organize the effort to resolve the problems. It includes the following data fields:

          • URL’s returned HTTP status code (click it to go to the HTTP Response Code Checker tool)
          • Number of times that URL is linked to from within the site (click to see the list of affected URLs)
          • Internal URL used in the link
          • Link text used for the URL
          • Redirect’s target URL
          • Internal page URL on which the link was first found

          The External errors table is a subset of the External links table showing just those pages returning HTTP status code errors.


          6External HTTP redirects table

          The External redirects table combines all of the pages returning HTTP redirects in one list so you can easily review them. As the redirect to the targeted page does not affect your page, fix these URLs is a lower priority. This table contains the following data fields:

          • URL’s returned HTTP status code (click it to go to the HTTP Response Code Checker tool)
          • Number of times that URL is linked to from within the site (click to see the list of affected URLs)
          • External URL used in the link
          • Link text used for the URL
          • Redirect’s target URL
          • Internal page URL on which the link was first found

          The External redirects table is a subset of the External links table showing just those pages returning 301 and 302 HTTP status code redirects.

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          • AB_Newbie
            AB_Newbie @BlueprintMarketing last edited by

            Hi Thomas! When I say 1 click, I mean all links that can directly be reached from www.wishpicker.com. For example

            wishpicker.com/gifts-for can be reached directly from wishpicker.com

            wishpicker.com/gifts-for/boyfriend cannot be reached directly from wishpicker.com. I would first need to go to wishpicker.com/gifts-for, and then go to wishpicker.com/gifts-for/boyfriend. So wishpicker.com/gifts-for is 1 click away, and wishpicker.com/gifts-for/boyfriend is 2 clicks away from wishpicker.com.

            I am looking to crawl all links that are only 1 click away. Thanks for your help here. Really appreciate it.

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            • BlueprintMarketing
              BlueprintMarketing @AB_Newbie last edited by

              when you say one click away are you talking about a parameter?

              I will run this through screaming frog and a couple other tools and see if I can get your answer.

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              • AB_Newbie
                AB_Newbie @BlueprintMarketing last edited by

                Hi Thomas

                Thanks for your response. Here is my website: www.wishpicker.com

                What I am looking for is all the links present only 1 click away from the page www.wishpicker.com (both internal and external).

                Performing a crawl with screaming frog is giving me all links (1, 2, 3, 4, and more clicks away). Not sure how to limit the crawl to show links that are only 1 click away, and exclude links that are 2 or more clicks away from this page.

                Look forward to your response.

                Thanks!

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                • BlueprintMarketing
                  BlueprintMarketing last edited by

                  Hi,

                  Screaming frog does in fact show you the links that would be considered external links. Here is a great guide.

                  http://www.seerinteractive.com/blog/screaming-frog-guide

                  If you look at the external part of Screaming frog you'll find what you're looking for however you may also do this with

                  Moz.com

                  using either the campaign tool or the browser plug-in.

                  I would suggest reading the seer interactive guide and sticking with screaming frog it is an outstanding tool.

                  Here are some other tools which I hope will help you if that is not the route you wish to go.

                  If you could post a photograph of what you are looking for or what you mean by it only showing you the internal link count I know what you mean by that I just want to see what screen you're looking on to get the The answer you're looking for.

                  Here are some more tools that will allow you to scan up to 1000 pages of your website for free and will tell you the information you're looking for.

                  http://www.internetmarketingninjas.com/tools

                  if you cannot find what you're looking for in their you might want to try

                  http://raventools.com/

                  https://colibritool.com/

                  http://www.quicksprout.com/2013/02/04/how-to-perform-a-seo-audit-free-5000-template-included/

                  distilled.net/U might be the best way to find out these types of things however it is a complete search engine optimization training course.

                  Sincerely,

                  Thomas

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