Pages with few internal links

Learn what is checked in this report and how to fix any issues found

The pages in this list contain very few internal links. This report is based on the average number of internal links on your pages and is intended to show you pages that deviate significantly from the average.

Internal links are very important for SEO because they allow search engines and users to navigate from page to page on your website. Good internal linking is therefore essential for improving usability and getting your content indexed.

Internal linking also helps search engines to identify which of your sub-pages are the most important.

Ideally, each page should contain links to the main areas of the site (usually in the form of a navigation menu) and related pages (e.g. in the form of "related articles").

In addition, relevant subpages can be linked directly within the text of a page, giving readers direct access to further content on specific topics. Such links also increase the relevance of the linked page.

How to fix these problems:

Take a close look at the pages below and check why there are so few internal links on these pages. In most cases, these pages lack navigation, which can have a negative impact on usability.

However, it may also be the case that there is a page navigation, but no other content that could link to other pages (e.g. empty product lists, etc.). Depending on the case, you can handle such pages in the following ways:

  • Add (further) relevant content, including internal links.
  • Remove links pointing to these pages to prevent search engines and users from being sent to pages with no content.
  • Use your robots.txt file to exclude pages from being crawled if they are not relevant to search engines.

You can find a detailed guide on how to optimize the internal linking of your website here.