Comments on: Internal Linking is Part of Your Link Building

By: Nick Stamoulis

Nick Stamoulis — Sat, 22 May 2010 15:42:57 +0000

Hi E O’Neill,
Thanks for reading! Best of luck with your SEO efforts and it is my pleasure to help people with their SEO

By: E O'Neill

E O'Neill — Fri, 21 May 2010 20:39:51 +0000

Really helpful article, I keep plugging away learning small bits of useful information and I’m slowly climbing the rankings got to 2nd page now so I’m really chuffed.
Thanks for taking the time to help others.

By: Nick Stamoulis

Nick Stamoulis — Tue, 18 May 2010 11:30:44 +0000

Hi Barbara,
Thanks for reading and your comment.

I just looked at your website and an example of internal linking would be your left hand navigation with the anchor text links to a product category page. It looks like you have done a good job with your internal linking (naturally based on how the site was built). I do see many other areas of improvement though for your SEO though….

Thanks again for reading and I hope this helps!

By: Barbara Bruce

Barbara Bruce — Tue, 18 May 2010 00:43:59 +0000

I would like to see more articles on this topic as there aren’t many of them “out there”. Your advice is sound and can be trusted. Thanks for that! I have a little bar running on the right of my page with thumbnails of other products that relate to the main product of a particular page. You click on it, and it takes you to each product you click on, and when on that page, you click to get back. Would this be an example of “internal linking”?

By: tricajus

tricajus — Mon, 17 May 2010 22:58:46 +0000

All along I thought having a menu bar linking to other pages is sufficient. This article has given me a second thought about the importance of internal linking and the benefits it brings over time. Thank you for a very good article, Nick.

By: Nick Stamoulis

Nick Stamoulis — Mon, 17 May 2010 20:55:17 +0000

Hi Lorranie,
As always thanks for reading and your comment!

Keeping this visitor focused and natural is always a great policy, especially with internal linking…

By: Lorraine C. Grula

Lorraine C. Grula — Mon, 17 May 2010 20:20:59 +0000

Hi Nick. Great tips, as always.
I do a lot of internal linking because I know it will help my readers AND because it is a good way for me to keep good posts in circulation. In trying to learn SEO, I read a lot of stuff about internal linking that made it sound so dang confusing. Made it sound like it was an exact science and that you had to do it JUST SO or the world would come to an end. My little pea brain protested! So, as usual, I gave up on the “rules” and created my own system based on logic. I figured the search engines were ultimately looking for a good user experience. So I add the links when I know it will enhance my reader’s experience. There are lots of them because so many of my topics are related. I am not motivated by passing link juice but rather giving more info to my readers and keeping those posts in circulation so I do not have to rewrite on the same topic. I have faith that the search engines will understand and give me all the same rewards as the folks who are doing it by the complex formula. Hope my faith is not misguided. Seems to be working well.

By: Nick Stamoulis

Nick Stamoulis — Mon, 17 May 2010 18:06:35 +0000

Hi blogger4life,
Thanks for reading and your comment…you are certainly correct, it does take money to make money!

Hi Backlink Booster,
Thanks for sharing your thoughts. Internal links does help improve the user experience and can help improve an on site conversion as well!

By: Backlink Booster

Backlink Booster — Mon, 17 May 2010 17:35:22 +0000

Hi Nick,

Excellent point about the fact that users are more likely to click contextual links than those in menus or graphics. As a result, your internal links are a great way to proactively steer visitors to parts of your website where you want them to go.

Take care,

Tom

By: blogger4life

blogger4life — Mon, 17 May 2010 15:37:41 +0000

Your article is right on the money. I’m new to internet marketing and I’m finding out there is a lot to learn. it can also be very time consuming. After saying that, I’m also obsessed with learning and doing more. I’m looking for free options right now but soon I’ll be spending money to promote my websites. After all, it takes money to make money.

By: Nick Stamoulis

Nick Stamoulis — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 10:44:13 +0000

Hi Ken,
Thanks for reading and your comment!

Really concentrating on the user and visitor experience with internal linking is always a best practice…thanks again for reading!

By: Ken Harper II

Ken Harper II — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 21:27:17 +0000

Hi Nick!

Enjoyed your article. Always learn something new or see from a different perspective.

Agree that website visitors will appreciate internal links with descriptive anchor text (as well as search engines).

And internal links to other, related posts on your site can help your readers find other interesting posts they may not have without your help. Good idea!

Thanks you. Take care.