How to Use Internal Links to Rank Higher in Google

[@osmansirin7122]

Thanks to your tutorials, I became Marketing Outreach Manager for a German company from scratch. Thanks Sam! If possible, I'd like to have an interview on Zoom with you to publish in our blog/social media. The company is based on SEA/Ads/Data Science.

[@AhrefsCom]

Feel free to tweet Sam on Twitter: twitter.com/samsgoh - SQ

[@osmansirin7122]

@@AhrefsCom Thanks! Unfortunately, I don't use Twitter, i would appreciate if you could share his e-mail.

[@jamesscott1711]

Thanks Sam 👍 Another important reason for internal links, is for the user to navigate the site, which helps get more page views and time on site. Keep up the good work ahrefs team 👍👍👍

[@AhrefsCom]

Thanks!

[@Online_edupreneur]

I truly love the information that you share. But I wish if you could give us a complete tutorial step by step from scratch building a new blog as a beginner and connecting all the dots to reach the top of Google rankings. Everything related to SEO as a complete package course for beginners?

[@AhrefsCom]

We'll be releasing a course for beginners soon. - SQ

[@Online_edupreneur]

@@AhrefsCom much appreciated. Thank you so much for considering my request. I am excited to learn SEO from the SEO tools developer and expert so that we can put the AHREFs SEO tool to regular practice. Thank you, Thank you, Thank you, 🙏😇😁

[@Usmansow01]

One of the best video this month 🔗

[@AhrefsCom]

Thanks!

[@WebFX]

The Site Audit tool is so valuable. Great video!

[@AhrefsCom]

👍

[@jdstarek]

"like" just for have the "Kip" cutaway in the first 10 seconds. I too love technology.

[@AhrefsCom]

😉

[@shubham_butola]

I personally loves thie strategy... my 5 other pages are ranking good after i linked them from my top ranking pages ... Sam you are the osm tutor. i love your content

[@AhrefsCom]

Nice work!

[@mariamchkhikvishvili558]

Really easy,smart and very comfortable manner of teaching,but i have a question:i understand about internal links and tools but how we are able to link them directly ? is there any additional tool ? :/

[@soumavoo]

Nicely explained. Will apply this on my official client's website.

[@AhrefsCom]

Glad it was helpful!

[@soumavoo]

@@AhrefsCom Definitely, and let me tell you this, we also use Ahrefs in our company! Thanks for the amazing tool.

[@dougwhitecreativellc]

Good stuff. Tearing everything down and starting over. Thanks!!

[@AhrefsCom]

Glad you enjoyed it! :) -Helen

[@NirajKumar-pr1nm]

Great sir jee. Intro music is vary dhasu

[@matthewbanks1102]

Thank you Sam, Are there any mistakes you can make with Internal linking?

[@MyOutDeskOfficial]

Great stuff, as per usual. Thank you!

[@AhrefsCom]

You're welcome!

[@militaryalphabet8859]

I really like the internal link strategy, from a long time ago, which I didn't know about, internal link (power effect) VS external link (backlink) (power effect), tell me?

[@AhrefsCom]

Not sure if you're asking a question here. If you are, could you clarify? - SQ

[@tanay_sankhe]

Great one! Suppose I have three different silos, Shirts, Caps, and Trousers. So can I interlink a post from Shirts silo into a post that belongs to Caps silo and Trousers silo? Like can we interlink one silo to another?

[@AhrefsCom]

Yes, you can. - SQ

[@tanay_sankhe]

@@AhrefsCom I was just confirming from you because once I heard somewhere on the internet that cross-interlinking affects the SEO negatively.

[@lealrestore7051]

Hello. I am new to website building. Currently, I am building a roofing website for a friend. What do I type on my computer to link (is this a hyper link?) each of my service pages to the home page? (On page seo). Thank you.

[@colblog5289]

Awesome, You always rock Sam!

[@AhrefsCom]

Thanks!

[@shivaramakrishnapabba5442]

First view! Yay! Parents and Google will be proud :p

[@lifehacksukgaming5773]

lol

[@AhrefsCom]

👌

[@KeyaGhosh-ce1se]

Very nice and informative video. Thanks for sharing this important video.

[@AhrefsCom]

Glad it was helpful!🙌 -Helen

[@hilde8204]

Thank you for the information! I have a question, you say that linking helps Google find new pages. But if you put a nofollow link behind an anchortext does Google then stay on your website?

[@yeres_0389]

Thank you for the good information. While watching the video, I have a question. Is it better to use no-fellow to connect with other sub-topics that are not deeply related to the content topic? ex) How to use torrents in MacBooks and How to download Photoshop from Mac.

[@AhrefsCom]

Why would you no-follow internal links? - SQ

[@yeres_0389]

@@AhrefsCom I thought if it wasn't very relevant, it would interfere with Google's understanding of the page.

[@asenqvorov1990]

@@yeres_0389 Nofollow has nothing to do with Google's understanding of the page. It is simply a statement that you don't want to pass power to the page you are linking to. Therefore, no need to do it for internal links doesn't matter where they point.

[@yeres_0389]

@@asenqvorov1990 Thank you! It's been so helpful 😄

[@CraigMullins1]

Any reason it's asking me to link out form my login pages? /wp-login.php /wp-login.php?action=lostpassword

[@safinuiux5630]

Thank you.. Very useful tutorial.

[@AhrefsCom]

Glad it was helpful! :) -Helen

[@labrosfrou4241]

Hi Sam! I have an enquire..When i link from a high authority page to pass strength to some relevant,newer and less authoritative pages, should i 1) add a link from the high authority page to the less authoritative pages 2)then add reciprocal links between these less authoritative pages and 3) after link back again from each one to the high authority page?

[@AhrefsCom]

It's hard to say without looking at the actual pages, but the basic idea of internal links is adding a highly relevant links to pages, no matter if they're reciprocal or not. -Helen

[@juanmisterioso6820]

hola , tengo una consulta. para que un link pueda pasar fuerza a otra web, necesita que los usuarios hagan clic con regularidad o solamente basta con que exista ese link??

[@CromaCampusOfficial]

Thanks for sharing this video really helpful for making relevant internal linking.

[@AhrefsCom]

You're welcome!

[@itsabhipatil]

where is the option for internel linking

[@mr.ambientsounds1291]

I often see high ranking websites just write here's other posts by us then list related posts. Is that a fine way to do internal linking or will Google see that as spammy?

[@NigelGriffiths1]

Cheers buddy! Good stuff as always 😁

[@AhrefsCom]

Thanks!

[@neilwilder6744]

i know im asking randomly but does any of you know a tool to get back into an Instagram account?? I was dumb lost my login password. I appreciate any tips you can offer me.

[@diegolukas3012]

@Neil Wilder Instablaster =)

[@mohdirfan6298]

Thanks Sam for this video

[@AhrefsCom]

You're welcome!

[@seomadhur]

Thanks for the awesome information

[@AhrefsCom]

You're welcome!

[@Relaxing_Sounds_and_Views]

Do tags and categories count as internal links on a blog? Of do the internal links need to be in the body text of the post?

[@AhrefsCom]

Internal links are usually referred to as in-text links. -Helen

[@Thefreemans-interesting-music]

Is the categories function an internal link? Or does it have to be a hyperlink on the post?

[@AhrefsCom]

Everything you link on your website to/from other pages on this same website is internal link. -Helen

[@waterdamagerestoration4490]

Do you have any playlist for videos in this series? Thanks

[@AhrefsCom]

Do you mean videos about internal linking and site structure? - SQ

[@waterdamagerestoration4490]

@@AhrefsCom No I mean from this serie of videos. kzbin.info/www/bejne/fXyTZWyXn6-KiLM

[@CraigMullins1]

How many internal links per page recommended in article text?

[@AhrefsCom]

No perfect recommendations. Also, www.seroundtable.com/google-no-internal-linking-overoptimization-penalty-27092.html - SQ

[@as7736]

Awesome mate ❤️❤️❤️

[@AhrefsCom]

Thanks ✌️ -Helen

[@bassamel-ashkar4005]

is this different from topic clustering? or is it the same? Also, you mentioned that I should link from my 'primary post/targeted keyword' to my relevant posts and from relevant posts, back to my primary post. THe question here is, is it ok to also link from my relevant posts to the other relevant posts as well? Example, page 1 is primary, page 2,3,4 are relevant, should I link page 2 to 3 to 4 as well or just link from primary to relevant and from relevant back to primary?

[@AhrefsCom]

Yes, you can. Topic clustering is merely a specific type of internal linking strategy. Watch this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pHrFe3xnoKirqLc - SQ

[@GusLandy]

I have a question related to a large majority of blogs. Is this standard blog structure which takes, say 200 blog posts and organizes them in many different ways (categories, month, keywords, etc) so you end up with a multitude of organization structures all with the same content, good for SEO??? To me, it seems like a bad idea. Thanks!

[@AhrefsCom]

ahrefs.com/blog/website-structure/

[@GusLandy]

@@AhrefsCom Thanks. Think about the little guy who is just using DEFAULT and free blog themes. I need a straight answer not a link to the ideal structure (which is not realistic in my case). Let me reformulate my question: if you look at the standard (99%) structure of small blogs (built by little guys on free themes -beginners), there is a huge amount of redundancy. For instance there is a tremendous amount of redundancy between categories, date groups, keywords, tags, etc. Google is trying to index those pages but of course there are too many to index. Is that a problem??? Would it be better to just have categories/sub-categories and no tags/tagcloud, no searchable dates, no keywords, etc? Is the internal search box useful, or it just throws a money wrench in the SEO gear? If I write an airplane design series of blogs for instance , the posts will be category "mechanics", "aerodynamics", "navigation", "tools and machinery", etc and also there will be included in 50-100 tags ("wing", "engine", "airframe", etc). Even if I have only categories for instance (no other grouping, or sillo-ing), there will be a lot of cross content being included in 2-5 categories at the same time. My blog is www.excelunusual.com Thanks!

[@sasquatchsoil71]

Such a great video.

[@AhrefsCom]

Thank you! :) -Helen

[@jithinraj4613]

Great video Sam. Is it a bad idea to add the home page link in the first paragraph of a product/service page?

[@AhrefsCom]

It depends on whether it's relevant. - SQ

[@captainlarrry6031]

This video has me very seriously considering leaving SemRush for you.

[@AhrefsCom]

😉

[@solidworksgroup111]

Did I understand this wrong? Sam said in the video that the purpose was to add an internal link to the blog "Searcher Intent: TheOverlooked 'Ranking FactorYou Should Be Optimizing For", but it was actually to add an internal link to the blog "How to Find and MapKeywords to the Buyer's".

[@AhrefsCom]

We wanted to add a link TO our "Search intent" guide FROM other relevant pages on our blog. We found the "How to Find and Map Keywords to the Buyer's Journey" and placed a link FROM that guide TO our "Search intent" guide. Hope it clarifies a bit 🙏 -Helen

[@solidworksgroup111]

@@AhrefsCom Thank you for your reply, you corrected my misunderstanding.

[@hiphopinukraine]

could you share please some advanced "internal linking" techniques in future videos?

[@AhrefsCom]

What are you looking for exactly? - SQ

[@hiphopinukraine]

@@AhrefsCom I'm looking for some techniques to implement. Some specific "schemes" or pyramids for internal linking.

[@SachinSharma-bt7df]

Extremely helpful

[@AhrefsCom]

Thanks!

[@Efamily630]

Hey, does the SEO link also work for Google add quality score?

[@AhrefsCom]

No. - SQ

[@Efamily630]

Thank you for letting me know.

[@thecontentpro-usman-hayat]

Rightly said...

[@AhrefsCom]

👍

[@rounakbaheti7091]

Hey Sam. Few months back I watched one of your videos, which talked about how to search top ranking pages by specific Affiliate link format, in ahrefs tool. Could you please guide which video it was?

[@AhrefsCom]

Might it be this? kzbin.info/www/bejne/qWa5i5SOnpyFfJY - SQ

[@anselamchigozie6071]

This is really a great video

[@AhrefsCom]

Thanks!

[@mohammadjavadmohseni404]

In the topic of link building, there is one unanswered question for me and that is should I or do I have to link from one page to the other, and then link from the other page to the first one?

[@AhrefsCom]

You can. - SQ

[@mohammadjavadmohseni404]

@@AhrefsCom So in that case both pages help each other to gain higher rank? Until now I just linked from the stronger pages to the ones I wanted to give the power of that page.

[@TheMasHachibi]

wow. great content. thanks

[@AhrefsCom]

You're welcome!

[@intertenmentpeoplefacts7770]

Thanks you so much ❤️😘💕 sir

[@AhrefsCom]

You're welcome!

[@Noob-Gameverse]

I just want to use my Homepage link as an inbound link all over my site..cause for now I just want to rank my homepage..not the other pages of my site...is that possible?

[@AhrefsCom]

Not exactly sure what you mean. You want to use your homepage to internally link to all your pages? If so, it depends on how many other pages you have. - SQ

[@Noob-Gameverse]

​@@AhrefsCom I have 11 pages in total and from those pages, there are three pages that have 60 subpages..each of them has 20 pages...I have put the link on those subpages of the main page....and I put my home page link to that main page..Example: home←main page←20 subpage

[@khaled_markting878]

Thank u very helpful

[@AhrefsCom]

You're welcome!

[@alirezam.f.4274]

i have a question bulding internal links to a category is better or building internal links to one page is better?

[@AhrefsCom]

Depends on what you want to rank and for what keyword you're trying to rank for. - SQ

[@kaustubhjagtapa1364]

Hello Sir actually I was doing keyword research for recipe website but after clicking in tools for a keyword it is showing me 17lakhs but when I visit last page means 22 it's showing me only 240 results how its possible sir ?

[@AhrefsCom]

I'm not sure I can answer your question without actually seeing the results you are talking about. Would you like to address those to our support @ahrefs.com (with screenshots maybe)? -Helen

[@CraigMullins1]

If my report show 0 "Internal link opportunities" does that just mean my sites amazing and I a get a gold star?

[@AhrefsCom]

You may need to run a new crawl on your website. - SQ

[@CraigMullins1]

@@AhrefsCom Apparently small sites usually don't get good results... per support rep.

[@victorial2393]

I think if you don't have a lot of pages it can be

[@DrAmbwene]

✌️ fantastic

[@AhrefsCom]

Thanks!

[@marlienhabib6114]

how can i use this strategy in my youtube channels ?

[@AhrefsCom]

This is for websites 🙂 - SQ

[@farooqazamjee1625]

very informative and one more thing the web master ahrefs is not free

[@AhrefsCom]

Why is it not free? - SQ

[@rileydavidjesus]

What an ad!

[@AhrefsCom]

😉

[@alhajtalukdar]

That's awesome

[@AhrefsCom]

Thanks!

[@vinodtrivedi8079]

Why backlinks are so, hard to get for any new blogger it's like a death trap to get high authority backlinks. what should to do? How to improve E A T score.

[@AhrefsCom]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/eWbHlaJsaNB7fqs

[@marknasri1201]

thanks

[@AhrefsCom]

You're welcome!

[@Nelson-french]

Is this function not available now?

[@AhrefsCom]

SA interface has changed a bit but you can still find your internal links with it. -Helen

[@dotamovie1033]

when I click the " link opportunities" it doesn't show up anything. please help.

[@AhrefsCom]

Did you run a new crawl? - SQ

[@dowibitsolutions7250]

No more free signup for ahref?

[@AhrefsCom]

Ahrefs Webmaster Tools is free ahrefs.com/webmaster-tools

[@dowibitsolutions7250]

@@AhrefsCom what benefit for paid version?

[@KudaFamily]

🙌

[@AhrefsCom]

👍

[@muhammadsaqib1211]

Ahrefs 👍👍👍👍👍

[@AhrefsCom]

Thanks!

[@muhammadsaqib1211]

@@AhrefsCom YOU'RE VERY WELCOME

[@itsabhipatil]

hey can you update the latest update for yoast plz 17.2

[@AhrefsCom]

What do you mean? - SQ

[@hobbyturystaSEO]

tags are great for internal linking. I have thousands of tags on my blog truckercheckin.com

[@hedgiehogUK]

Helpful advice ... I've followed some of it, but the advice to sign up for a free "Ahrefs' Webmaster Tools" account is no longer applicable. Five months after this video there's a compulsory fee regardless of what trial one signs up for. Shame. I won't sign up for that.

[@AhrefsCom]

Not sure what you mean. Ahrefs Webmaster Tools is free :) You can sign up for it here: ahrefs.com/webmaster-tools - SQ

[@hedgiehogUK]

@@AhrefsCom That URL isn't in the description, and it isn't in the video. One uses one initiative to go to ahrefs.com/ and look at the services available (Tools menu) ... all of which are via a fee. May I recommend that you amend the description to add the URL? Also, FYI, I came to watch this video via WebOS/TV ... which doesn't show descriptions from KZbin videos ... so maybe add one of those title/hints to the video so that viewers can visually see the URL that is offering the free service referred to. Cheers 👍🏻

[@shadracharyeetey6213]

How can I contact you?

[@AhrefsCom]

Try tweeting Sam. - SQ

[@farizzakka626]

JIMMY WOO

[@woong-w6q]

Hi sam oh Are you Korean?

[@AhrefsCom]

He is Canadian but ethnically Korean 🙂 - SQ

[@sikandarmushtaq48]

2nd view🥰

[@Fartleks]

Noone cares

[@AhrefsCom]

👌

[@rigot5523]

¿Porque no tiene subtitulo en español? Why doesn't it have a Spanish subtitle?

[@AhrefsCom]

Check out our Spanish channel: kzbin.info/door/efBdNQ4Koc2HxO0g87Yr6A - SQ

[@ultravaluetech24]

Just tried Internal link opportunities Tool in AHfrefs- What an Absolute Garbage!

[@AhrefsCom]

What problems did you face? - SQ