Internal linking and SEO

Internal linking has many benefits. How is it done and what effects can it bring for your website?

The structure of internal links is practical for the user – it makes it easier to navigate the website. It also guarantees a longer stay on the website of the user or a potential customer. Links added inside the website may improve the website’s visibility in the Google search engine.

What is internal linking?

Internal linking is adding a link (hyperlink) to a website that leads to another subpage within the same website. Check how to add links in WordPress.

Where to put internal links?

• Main menu
• Sidebar
• Links in the text
• Footer

Linking and SEO

This is one of the activities that should be implemented as part of website optimization. Correct linking of subpages is very important for SEO.

• makes it easier for the user to navigate the website
• improving the indexation of subpages on our website
• positive impact on the position and visibility of the website in Google search results
• well-crafted linking prevents keyword cannibalization

What to do to make an internal linking strategy effective?

• add internal links in the key phrase, it will increase the chances of website positioning for this phrase
• do not repeat the same links too often
• do not place links with the same anchors (link content) that lead to different pages