Six things a link checker cannot.
Follow a stat from a blog post to its source, then to that source’s source, and so on — up to 10 hops — until the chain terminates.
Every chain ends in one of ten outcomes: primary source, paywalled, attribution-without-link, broken link, circular citation, value mutated, and so on.
A single 0–100 number for the chain. Higher means closer to a primary source. Lower means you should probably not cite this.
Catches when a number drifts between hops — e.g. a 35% stat that became 37% somewhere in the chain because someone rounded.
Pure HTTP + regex matching. No AI, no variance, no API cost. Every scan is reproducible.
On Visionary plans, a cron re-traces chains on a schedule so you see the day a primary source gets paywalled, removed, or updated.
Tracing runs inside the claim loop. You add a URL, we extract the stats, and every claim gains a trace button.
Add any URL you cite to LiquiChart. We fetch the page, extract the data claims it makes, and keep an eye on it.
Every stat on the page becomes a trackable claim. You decide which ones matter enough to watch.
On any approved claim, click Scan Now. The tracer follows its source citation hop by hop and reports the terminus.
Add any URL you cite to LiquiChart. We fetch the page, extract the data claims it makes, and keep an eye on it.
Every stat on the page becomes a trackable claim. You decide which ones matter enough to watch.
On any approved claim, click Scan Now. The tracer follows its source citation hop by hop and reports the terminus.
Link checkers test URLs. This tests citation chains.
| Feature | LiquiChart | Link Checker |
|---|---|---|
| Catches broken links | ||
| Catches "URL works, data gone" | ||
| Detects circular citations | ||
| Identifies paywalled chains | ||
| Reports primary-source depth | ||
| Re-traces on a schedule |
Start on the free plan, upgrade to Pro to monitor URLs, and unlock citation tracing on Visionary \u2014 scheduled retraces, hub alerts, dependency-tree view of every source.