SEO internal links are defined as links which points to another page or post of same website.
For Example: You wrote topic on Windows 10. In this article you have given internal links to related topics/post which is about Windows installation on computer.
Role of Internal links and SEO:
Google loves to have website with Internal links as it increases user experience.
- Have incoming links from your internal pages or post. This is important part of on page optimization.
- Have a Google internal linking strategy. As it results in better ranking of your content in search engine page.
- Avoid broken post or page links as it will result in bad user experience. Be aware of all details of internal link structure.
What Words you should use in Internal Links HTML?
You should use descriptive keywords in Anchor text. You may also use “call to actions” such as check here, click Here Etc. Anyhow make a neat anchor text. Gather more information on Internal links SEO strategies and implement them effectively.
What is format for HTML internal links?
Learn How to make internal links in HTML with below format:
<a href=”http://www.example.com/( Here your website name pointing to related topics, posts)” title=”Keyword (Anchor) Text”>Keyword Text</a>
Internal vs External links
Internal links points to same website. Whereas external links point to different website.
For Example : You have website called as example.com
If you are pointing to example.com then it will become a internal link.
If your are pointing to some xyz.com then it will be external link.
Make User Friendly Internal Links:
Make sure that your internal links are well crawled by Google Bot. You should have clear content so that Google finds easily. Google required to understand about related content on your pages and posts.
Link Juice:
If you build useful internal linking. Then Google pass link juice from one article, post, link to other links. Always try to links to related posts and pages as this helps Google to understand about your website and blog structure.
No-Follow Tag:
If you want, not to loose your link juice ( Value) with not necessary internal links. Then you can use no-follow tag in your internal links. Using this feature may be risky. As Google may not give value to home page. So try to avoid it.
Internal links checker
By using this tool you can find internal links of your website
- http://www.seoreviewtools.com/internal-link-analyzer/
- http://smallseotools.com/website-links-count-checked
How to check internal links report in Google search console webmaster for Blogger, Website?
- You may not see data here because your site is new. It will take time, don’t worry.
- Log on to Google webmaster tools.
- In this click on your website or blog for which you want to check internal links.
- Under search traffic option
- You will find internal links sub heading click on this.