Internal Links :- An internal link is a type of hyperlink on a webpage. Internal Links are hyperlinks that point at (target) the same domain as the domain that the link exists on (source).Internal links are most useful for establishing site architecture.

What is an Internal Link?

Internal links are links that go from one page on a domain to a different page on the same domain. They are commonly used in main navigation. OR  An internal link connects one page of a website to a different page on the same website. In an internal link, the source domain and target domain are the same.

These type of links are useful for three reasons ( The Purpose of Internal Linking ):

They allow users to navigate a website.
They help establish information hierarchy for the given website.
They help spread link ranking power around websites.

Internal links Way:-

• Use anchor text.


• Link deep.


• Natural links


• Use a reasonable number of internal links.


• Use Relevant links


• Use follow links ( Nofollow & Dofollow Link ) :-  Link attribute  rel=nofollow.   and  rel=dofollow

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What is a No Follow Link?
A no follow link is a link that does not count as a point in the page’s favor, does not boost PageRank, and doesn’t help a page’s placement in the SERPs.

Note :- The nofollow tag is basically a notice sign for search engines saying “don’t count this.” and nofollow link as an outgoing link in terms of the distribution of page rank from your page.

Types Of No-Follow :-

• Robots Meta Tag :
  This tells bots/crawlers/spiders not to follow links on the full page.


• Link Attribute :
  This tells search engines not to count the link in terms of ranking pages.

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Note :- if you do not use rel attribute the link will be treated as ‘dofollow’. and “do follow backlinks” from good sites are better.

How different search engines treat Nofollow?

• Google: Google does not follow the nofollow link.


• Yahoo: Yahoo follows that link for finding new content but link Rank is not passed.


• Bing: Bing follows that link for finding new content but link Rank is not passed.


• Ask: It does not follow nofollow tag and treats it as normal dofollow link.

In Page Link :- ( Link Within a Page )

• Create a link pointing to the anchor


• Create the anchor itself.

Within a Page :-

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SEO Learn

then link to it:

Go to the SEO Learn section

Link Page to same domain other Page :-

Example :-

Step 1 :- Name of URL is :- http://seolearn.in/seo-learn-services-in-india-and-dubai/

Step 2:- in this URL Page Link name is Online Training in India.

Step 3:- Online Training in India link to http://seolearn.in/search-engine-optimization-online-and-class-room-training/

Step 4:- Link Format ( in Step 1 Page ) :-
Online Training in India

Link deep :- There are two types of links you should avoid

• Home page


• Contact Us page

Note :- pages to which the main navigation menu already has links.

Where to use DoFollow & NoFollow?

DoFollow:-

• Refer to site having Related content.


• High quality websites (like Google & Good blogs)


• Link to the original source (in case you have referred content)

NoFollow:-

• In comments section as we do not have any control on it


• Unrelated sites in content.


• Affiliate Links