Internal linking

Internal linking is linking from one page on your website to another page on the same site, which helps readers find related pages and helps crawlers understand how your pages relate.

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What it means for a Dubai business

Crawlers follow links. A page nobody links to is hard to find and looks unimportant. A page linked from the homepage and from several related pages looks central.

Use link text that says what the other page is about. “Our guide to Trakheesi permits” tells a reader and a crawler more than “click here”.

Example

A dental clinic’s implant page links to the dentist who places implants, to the page on insurance and to a post answering how long implants last. Each of those links back. A patient can follow the thread and so can a crawler.

Common mistake

Linking everything to everything. Fifty links in a footer help nobody. Link where the next page answers the reader’s next question.

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