Link verification is performed on links which appear in tags, as well as images, frames, plug-ins, backgrounds, local image maps, style sheets, scripts, and Java applets.
Xenu displays a continuously updated list of URLs which can be sorted according to different criteria.
[2] The program uses a "simple, no-frills user-interface",[3] and can help users understand how certain Web sites are structured.
[7] The software was used as a testing tool in a usability study at Grand Valley State University.
[8] Xenu's Link Sleuth has also been cited by Rossett's The ASTD E-Learning Handbook,[9] Zhong's Intelligent Technologies for Information Analysis,[10] Gerrard's Risk-Based E-Business Testing,[11] Reynolds' The Complete E-Commerce Book,[12] Slocombe's Max Hits: Websites that Work,[13] George's The ABC of SEO,[14] as well as the German books Homepage-Erfolg,[15] and Einführung in XHTML CSS und Webdesign,[16] and Italian books, Plasmare il web,[17] and Il check-up dei siti Web.