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Internal Link Checker

Count unique internal and external links, and flag isolated pages.

Free, no signup. We fetch the page once and read what your server sends back.

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What this checks

Internal linking is the most underused lever in SEO. It spreads ranking value through your site, helps Google discover pages, and tells it which pages you consider important. A page with almost no internal links pointing at it is telling Google it does not matter.

  • Unique internal links on the page
  • Unique external links
  • Links marked nofollow
  • The external destinations

How to act on the result

  • Fewer than three internal links usually means the page sits outside your site structure.
  • Link with descriptive anchor text, not "here".
  • Sitewide footer links count for very little. Editorial links inside the content are what carry weight.

Frequently asked

How many internal links should a page have?

There is no target. What matters is that important pages are reachable from other relevant pages with descriptive anchor text. Isolated pages are the problem worth fixing.

Do footer links help?

Barely. Links repeated sitewide are heavily discounted and give no topical signal, because they appear on every page regardless of subject. Body links inside relevant content are what count.

Should I nofollow internal links?

Almost never. It was once used to sculpt page rank and stopped working over a decade ago.

How many external links is too many?

There is no limit worth worrying about. Link out where it genuinely helps the reader.

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