Find Orphan Pages Before They Cost You
Pages in your sitemap that no other page links to are orphans — Google treats them as unimportant. The audit cross-references your sitemap against the live link graph to surface every orphan worth rescuing.
Internal Link Audit Tool
Internal links decide which pages rank. Audit yours.
Google discovers and values pages through internal links. Orphan pages with zero inbound links barely rank; broken links waste crawl budget and user trust; redirect chains leak authority. The CheckSEO links analyzer maps every internal link — with its anchor text and HTTP status — so you can fix the structure that decides your rankings.
SEO Focus: Internal link structure, orphan pages, anchor text, link health
Public feature guide
Related reading: Index Coverage , Sitemap , Links , Technical SEO Audit Tool .
Fix Broken Links and Redirect Chains
Every internal link is status-checked. Links hitting 404s, looping redirects, or chaining through multiple hops are listed with source and destination so fixes take minutes, not spreadsheet sessions.
Review Anchor Text Like Google Does
The link inventory records the anchor text of each internal link. Generic anchors like "click here" tell Google nothing — the report shows where descriptive, keyword-relevant anchors would strengthen your key pages.
How To Use This In CheckSEO
Start with the SEO Search tool to review the website quickly and understand the initial score.
Move into the Projects dashboard to track the website as an ongoing SEO project.
Open the related module pages like SEO Reports, Index Coverage, Sitemap, Robots, Content, and Links to understand the result in detail.
Related CheckSEO Pages
These internal links use targeted anchor text so visitors and search engines can move naturally across the main website SEO review topics.
Index Coverage
Index Coverage shows whether website URLs are eligible, excluded, risky, or in need of review based on CheckSEO signals.
SitemapSitemap review explains how website URLs are discovered, validated, and prepared for deeper SEO analysis.
LinksLinks Analyzer explains how body-content links support crawl discovery, page authority flow, and technical health.
Technical SEO Audit ToolContent cannot outrank a broken technical foundation.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is an orphan page and why does it matter?
An orphan page has no internal links pointing to it. Google may still know it exists via the sitemap, but treats it as unimportant — so it rarely ranks. Linking to it from relevant pages usually helps quickly.
How many internal links should a page have?
There is no magic number; what matters is that every important page is reachable within a few clicks and receives links from topically related pages with descriptive anchor text.
Does the audit check external links too?
Yes. Outbound links are status-checked as well, so you can fix links pointing to dead external pages — a quiet trust signal.
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