Handling external content in web applications

One or more computer-readable media containing thereon computer-readable code executed by one or more computers for performing a method for handling third-party content in web applications, comprising:

• operating a set of software to detect third-party content controlled by third party, wherein the third-party content is embedded in a web page, and the third-party content is accessed or executed from embedded content in the web page rendered by a host application;
• detecting the third-party content in the web page;
• downloading the third-party content so that the third-party content is classified;
• analyzing the third-party content with a classifier;
• detecting one or more problems with the third-party content as an output of the classifier, wherein the one or more problems include at least one of the third-party content no longer exists, the third-party content is unavailable, the third-party content changes, or the third-party content disrupts the host application;
• and
• providing to a user at least one of a notification about the one or more problems, an option to display the set of content, and an option to display another set of content before rendering the web page.

A method for detecting a validity of third-party content in a web application using a set of computer software, comprising:

• periodically, verifying one or more third-party links and one or more third-party content in a web page;
• searching for the one or more third-party links or the one or more third-party content associated with the web page;
• downloading the one or more third-party links or the one or more third-party content so that the one or more third-party links or the one or more third-party content are analyzed;
• analyzing the one or more third-party links or the one or more third-party content to create one or more identifiers for each of the one or more third-party links or the one or more third-party content;
• creating the one or more identifiers for each of the one or more third-party links or the one or more third-party content;
• and
• detecting a change in a link or a content from a comparison of a last identifier associated with a last analysis of the link or the content to the current identifier associated with a current analysis of the link or the content.