Guides

Everything we’ve written about internal linking, orphan pages, crawl depth, and getting your pages found — grouped by what you’re trying to do. Plain, honest, and free. When you’re ready, grade your own site.

Internal linking, start here

What internal linking is, how to audit it, and the orphan pages that quietly waste your work.

Internal Link Checker: How to Audit Your Site's Internal Links Free

Check your internal links without installing software. Here's how to run a free internal-link audit — orphan pages, weak hubs, and buried pages — in your browser.

How to Find Orphan Pages on Your Website (Free, No Install)

Orphan pages have no internal links, so search engines rarely rank them. Here's how to find every orphan page free — no Screaming Frog or Semrush install.

Crawl depth & site architecture

How far your pages sit from the homepage, why it matters, and how to pull the important ones up.

Crawl Depth & Site Architecture: Why Click-Depth Affects Rankings

Click depth — how far a page sits from your homepage — shapes how often search engines crawl it and how much authority it gets. Here's how to fix it.

How Deep Is Too Deep? Crawl Depth Limits and How to Fix Buried Pages

How many clicks from your homepage is too many? A practical, site-size-aware guide to crawl depth limits — and exactly how to pull buried pages back up.

Orphan pages by platform

The platform-specific traps that strand pages — and how to find every orphan on WordPress and Shopify.

How to Find Orphan Pages in WordPress (Free, No Plugin Needed)

Orphan pages pile up fast in WordPress. Here's how to find every orphaned post and page for free — no extra plugin needed — and fix the ones worth keeping.

How to Find Orphan Pages on Shopify (Free, No App Needed)

Shopify orphans your canonical product URLs by default, so they rarely get crawled or indexed. Here's how to find every orphan page on your store for free.

Free tool alternatives

When a paid desktop crawler is more than you need for an internal-linking read — and what to use instead.

A Free Screaming Frog Alternative for Internal Linking (No Install)

Screaming Frog is a desktop app capped at 500 URLs free. If you just need to audit and grade internal linking, here's a free, no-install browser alternative.

A Free Sitebulb Alternative for Internal Linking (No Install)

Sitebulb is a paid desktop and cloud crawler with no free tier. If you just need to grade your internal linking, here's a free, no-install browser alternative.

Indexing & getting found

Why Google skips your pages, and the internal-linking fixes that get them crawled and indexed.

Discovered – Currently Not Indexed: Why It Happens and How to Fix It

Discovered - currently not indexed means Google found your page but hasn't crawled it yet. Here's why it happens, and how stronger internal linking fixes it.

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