DeepTrawl is an easy to use website diagnostic tool that can ferret out a variety of problems that may occur in a website.

The application trawls websites and finds and eliminates dead or slow images and links; finds common HTML mistakes and problems that annoy users and can search for bad language and link spamming in user postings. The user interface allows you to define what to look for and how deep to crawl.

Within minutes of installation DeepTrawl can analyze your website and produce a Google-like report of each page containing potential problems. The application comes bundled with a lightweight HTML editor that allows you to identify problems but does not integrate with site management tools. It also can schedule scans at regular intervals and send alerts via email or text message after the scan is complete.

DeepTrawl’s website analysis tools are very good at getting a handle on what shape your website is in, but because they do not work with site management software such as Front Page or Dreamweaver it adds another step in correcting mistakes many potential users would not be willing to take.