Internal Links and External Links
Let’s first talk about internal links. Internal links do exactly according to their description. They link internally,– inside to another part of your website.
Internal links are especially important to your on on-page SEO. It’s one of the things you can do to build the health of your site. They help your visitors too.
Internal links make your site sticky…
Have you ever browsed a sight and wound up reading more than you expected?…Perhaps checking out other pages on the site? That’s what it means for a site to be “sticky”. A sticky site is a site that keeps you there for a while. Facebook and You tube are examples of platforms that are EXTREMELY sticky.
Even with the short attention span most people have on the internet nowadays, people spend hours on these platforms without even realizing it. One reason is that these platforms make use of an abundance of these internal links. These links can take you from one subject to another related subject without leaving the site.
It’s just as important for you to do this within your site. You’ll find eventually that your blogs tend to slightly overlap each other in content. When they do, you can use this to increase your site’s stickiness. You can link them so the reader can chose to read further on a different aspect of the same subject.
External Links
External links are also necessary. If you’re explaining how to do something and refer to s certain tool that you need to use. Make sure you check to see if you can be an affiliate. If so, there is another income source that you can link to.
All you will need to do is incorporate the link in your reference. Each time a visitor purchases the item through the link, you get paid. This is one of many ways to monetize your site.
Linking to an authority site is also very helpful. For example, if you need to site a definition of a word, you can link to an online dictionary. Or if you quote news item, you can link to the article. This not only increases your credibility, but it also will help your site’s SEO.
When I link to an outside source, I prefer to set my link to open in another window. This there is less of a chance of loosing my reader to another site as he can easily tab back to my site.
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Internal links are very important to me because this help my client locate other of my pages successfully with no stress, all they have to do is to click the link and it will take them directly to my other page, for instance I link my Instagram to me twitter, my WhatsApp to Facebook . It’s one of the things i do to build my page . It help new followers checking your page for the first time also
Thanks Abel. That’s a good idea.
I feel when bloggers blog, most don’t have the patience to make it to the finish line. That’s why many give up. There is money too be made, but when the money don’t come in fast enough, or in most cases not at all, the writer gives up. Then it also, depends on the subject you’re blogging about. Anyone can write. There are good bloggers, and some attempting the task, but fail. But the important thing, is always what the person is writing about to gain a big audience and of course, more traffic.
Website building also is a great subject to write about. There are many beginning entrepreneurs out in the world of business, that would love to learn this skill. Men and women alike, they all want to know more about building a business and a free website. Both our great regarding business.
Yes. I agree with you. That is a very good niche.
Hi Abel , i totally agree with your points and i have learn a lot from them ! Thanks.
Hi Abel, I totally agree with the point that short attention span people spend hours on Facebook and Youtube without realising this.
Thanks for the info about internal links that i did not know a lot about. I am also thankful for your suggestions eg. quoting news item and linking articles can increase my incredibility and help with my site SEO.
Your welcome Wendy. I found that internal links can increase the amount of average time a visitor will spend on my site. Thank you for your comment.
I use the internal links the most because it helps my readers to navigate to other parts of my website related to the said article. Anyway, it is nice to learn about links from you. With this, I now understand how links work and how important they are too. You seem to know so much about website tech. I’ll be visiting your site more frequently.
Thanks Payton. Please visit anytime.
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