CrawlHawk.com

Internal links connect pages within the same domain. CrawlHawk reports every internal link found during the crawl, with source URL, target URL, anchor text, HTTP status code, and link attributes (rel=nofollow, sponsored, ugc). Internal link data is the foundation of technical SEO.

Use the data to identify under-linked important pages (pages with too few inbound internal links), to plan internal linking improvements (which anchor texts point to which pages), to verify that key landing pages are reachable within 2-3 clicks from the homepage, to distribute link equity efficiently across your site, and to plan content silo architectures that group related pages topically.

Reports every link returning a 4xx or 5xx HTTP status code across the crawled scope. Each broken link is logged with its source page (where the link appears), target URL (what it tries to link to), exact HTTP status code (404, 500, 503, etc.), and link context (anchor text and surrounding text) — so you can fix issues quickly.

Crucial for technical SEO maintenance (broken links damage rankings and user experience), post-migration cleanups (when URL structures change, old internal links break), affiliate link verification (commission revenue depends on working outbound links), and regular site health checks. CrawlHawk distinguishes between client errors (4xx — page gone or moved) and server errors (5xx — temporary outages that may resolve on retry).

Identifies every link pointing to a different domain. Reports source page, target URL, full anchor text, and rel attributes (nofollow, sponsored, ugc, noopener). The full external link inventory helps you understand what your site links to and how those links are attributed.

Useful for outbound link audits (what domains is your site sending traffic to?), brand-safety reviews (are you linking to sites you'd rather not?), identifying unintended outbound traffic, verifying link-attribute compliance for sponsored or affiliate content (FTC requires disclosure; Google requires rel=sponsored for paid links), and detecting compromised pages with injected external links from malware or hacked content.

Orphan pages exist on your site but have no internal links pointing to them — making them invisible to most crawlers and hard for users and search engines to discover. CrawlHawk cross-references your sitemap or known URL set against the crawled internal link graph to surface pages that exist but aren't linked from anywhere within the site.

Critical for site coverage audits (is every important page actually reachable?), SEO completeness (Google may not discover or rank orphan pages effectively), and post-migration verification (migrations frequently create orphans when redirects fail). Common orphan causes include old landing pages, deprecated category pages, A/B test variants left in production, and content that was published without being linked from navigation or hubs.

Captures every link pointing to a downloadable file — PDF, DOCX, XLSX, ZIP, MP4, MP3, and any other non-HTML resource. Reports the source page (where the link appears), the file URL, the file type and extension, and the link context (anchor text and surrounding text).

Useful for resource library audits (what PDFs and whitepapers does your site offer, and from where are they linked?), document accessibility reviews, broken-file detection (file links that 404), GDPR or compliance reviews (knowing exactly what documents are publicly linked), and SEO of file-heavy sites with downloads, datasheets, brochures, or media archives. Often paired with the broken-link checker to verify that all linked files are still available.

Extracts every image source URL across the crawled scope, with the source page where the image is embedded, the alt text (or its absence), the dimensions where available, and the file format (JPG, PNG, WebP, AVIF, SVG, GIF). Returns a complete image inventory of the crawled scope.

Critical for image SEO audits (are images optimized, properly sized, and using alt text for accessibility and search?), broken image detection (images that fail to load damage user experience), alt-text coverage reviews (which images lack alt attributes, required for accessibility compliance), CDN migrations (you need a full image inventory before moving assets), and visual content audits across your site or competitor sites.