Somewhere on your site is a page nobody can find.
Orphan pages have no internal links pointing to them. Crawlers struggle to discover them and they get little authority. Map your links and find them in seconds.
An internal link graph maps how the pages of a website link to each other. It reveals orphan pages with no internal links pointing to them, pages buried many clicks from the home page, and dead-end pages with no links out, all of which affect how search engines discover and value pages.
Why internal links matter
Google discovers most pages by following links, and it uses links to understand which pages matter and what they are about. Google's own SEO documentation recommends making every important page reachable through links from other findable pages. A page that is only in your sitemap is a page you are asking Google to care about without showing it why.
Where to get your link list
- Export internal links from a desktop crawler, then paste as
from -> topairs. - Sketch it by hand for a small site: go page by page and list the links in your navigation and body content.
- Add pages from your sitemap on their own lines to catch orphans the crawler never found.
What to do with the results
Link orphans from relevant pages using descriptive anchor text. Pull buried money pages closer to the home page. Give dead ends a next step. Then decide which pages deserve the most internal links, which is a strategy question, not a crawl question.
Where this connects
Questions, answered straight
What is an orphan page?
An orphan page is a page with no internal links pointing to it from other pages on the same site. Search engines may struggle to find it, and it receives little internal authority.
How many clicks deep should important pages be?
A common rule of thumb is that important pages should be reachable within about three clicks of the home page. Deeper pages tend to be crawled less often and receive less internal authority.
Do sitemaps fix orphan pages?
A sitemap helps search engines discover URLs, but it does not pass the context and importance that internal links do. Orphan pages should be linked from relevant pages.
Is my data sent anywhere?
No. The graph is built entirely in your browser.
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