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
- Enter your site address and start the crawl.
- The crawler counts, for every page, how many internal pages link to it and how deep it is from the homepage.
- 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.
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