The remove invalid links service locates and eliminates invalid and duplicate links from your osCommerce online store. Most merchants are unaware that invalid links are exposed with the store's pages. Although errors from pages sometimes are shown from spiders and error logs, it's a cumbersome and difficult task to locate the root cause and eliminate the invalid links.

For best results and to customize this SEO service the merchant should provide any error links he's aware of. When no error information is provided we can scan the entire site and locate invalid links with known pages. This service is progressive may take several days to complete. It locates invalid links from within your own domain only and isolates the source page that exposes the invalid URLs. Removing them can help your pages to rank better.

You should be also aware that invalid links can cause the following problems:

• They may detriment the page content
• They can reduce ranking of the page
• Increase bounce rate with visitors leaving the store when seeing an error page.
• Can confuse visitors and spiders as invalid links lead them to invalid content
• May create security problems because the links are generated internally

The service primarily targets osCommerce based but any site can be tested and a report will be created and sent to the site owner. Also note this service is nothing to do with diagnostic procedures implemented by search engine. It is a real-time repeated process that continuously scan pages subject to your requirements.