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What is on page links?
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Hi - i would like to know exactly what an on page link is? i understand the linking system however cant work what exactly what an on page link is?
Thanks
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Hi Tom,
Thanks that helps, i did have an idea it was that but i needed it confirming.
Regards
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Hi John
Quite simply, an on-page link is a link that is on the webpage. It can be split up into two categories: Internal and external.
Internal on-page links point to webpages sitting on the same domain. So links that are in your site navigation and your footer, for example, those would be internal on-page links.
External on-page links are those that point to different websites. Why this is probably of interest to you is that it is generally recommended that you should only have external on-page links on your website that point to trustworthy and authoritative sites. If you have links pointing to webpages that are spammy, low-quality and/or have been hacked, it could negatively effect how Google sees and ranks your site.
If I've misinterpreted your question, just let me know and I'll try to answer it better!
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