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Internal Linking Audit

See how your site links to itself: the most linked pages, orphan pages and pages that sit too deep.

Privacy and cost

This tool runs a live check on our servers. Free accounts get 3 live checks per day in total across all such tools. We keep your report in your account so you can delete it any time.

How it works

  1. Enter your site address and start the crawl.
  2. The crawler counts, for every page, how many internal pages link to it and how deep it is from the homepage.
  3. Three lists come out: most linked pages, pages with no inlinks and pages with few inlinks.

Example

On 20 pages, the homepage is linked 19 times, /pricing 7 times, and /archive-2019 is linked from no other page: an orphan to link to or remove.

What the result means

The more internal links a page gets, the easier it is to discover and prioritise. A page with no inlinks is only found through the sitemap or external links. Counts cover the pages crawled, which are capped by your plan.

Common problems this tool helps with

  • Important pages linked only once, from a deep place.
  • Orphan pages with no internal link at all.
  • A structure so deep that pages sit more than 3 clicks away.
  • Links concentrated on just a few pages.

Frequently asked questions

What is an orphan page?

A page that no other page on the site links to. Search engines may find it via the sitemap, but it gets little internal signal.

How many links should a page get?

There is no official number. Link your strategic pages first, from relevant pages close to the homepage.

Do navigation links count?

Yes: every internal link found in the HTML of the crawled pages is counted, including menu and footer.