Internal Linking
Hyperlinks between pages within the same domain. Internal links distribute PageRank across the site, help search engines discover and understand content hierarchy, and guide users to related and high-value pages.
How Internal Linking works in practice
Pages with no internal links pointing to them — orphan pages — are crawled infrequently, indexed unreliably, and rank poorly regardless of content quality or backlinks. A simple orphan page audit compares pages in the XML sitemap against pages referenced in internal links and identifies pages that need to be connected to the broader site architecture. For large sites, link equity flows from high-authority pages (homepage, hub pages) through the internal link graph to deeper pages — pages several clicks from the homepage tend to rank below their potential. The anchor text of internal links also signals topical relevance: linking to a service page with descriptive anchor text like "Google Ads management for fintech" provides stronger signals than "click here".
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A central pillar page supported by a cluster of topically related blog posts and landing pages, all interlinked. Content hubs build topical authority, help target competitive head terms, and distribute internal link equity across the cluster.
A group of content pieces around a central theme: one pillar page covers the broad topic while cluster pages cover subtopics in depth. Internal links between them signal topical relevance to Google and improve rankings for both pages.
Optimisations made directly on a webpage to improve search rankings — including title tags, header hierarchy, meta descriptions, keyword placement, image alt text, internal links, and content quality and depth.
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