Benefits of Internal Linking

Internal linking is a simple yet effective strategy that can benefit both your SEO efforts and the experience of your website visitors, regardless of whether you're writing a single article or managing an entire website. And here's why:

1. Improves SEO: Internal links help search engines understand the structure of your website and how different pages are connected. This can improve the overall SEO performance of your site by indicating the importance and relevance of various pages.
2. Enhances User Experience: Internal links make it easier for users to navigate your website and discover related content. By providing links to other relevant articles or pages within your site, you can keep users engaged and encourage them to explore further.
3. Increases Page Authority: Internal linking can distribute authority and link equity throughout your website. By linking to important pages from within your articles, you can help those pages rank higher in search results and attract more organic traffic.

Instead of manually adding these links yourself, with Writesonic's Automated Internal Linking feature, simply enter your website URL, view page suggestions, then with a click of a button, seamlessly embed it into your content. This streamlines the process and makes it easier for you to optimize your website for search engines and improve user experience.

Step 1 - Select a Project

1. Click the [folder icon] located at the top section of the left hand side menu
2. Then select a project folder from the dropdown options.

Read this guide to learn more how Project Folders work.

Step 2 - Access Automated Internal Linking

You have 2 ways to access automated internal linking:

• Open with an existing article
• Open with a blank page

Open with an existing article

1. Click the [History] tab from the left hand side menu to access previous generations.
2. Click to select an article you want to work on
3. Click [SEO] from the horizontal menu on the left side panel
4. Click [Automated Internal Linking]

Open with a blank page

1. Click [Get Started] from the top section on the left hand side menu
2. Click to select [Start with blank document]
3. Click [SEO] from the horizontal menu on the left side panel
4. Add content on the document editor (this feature requires a minimum of 250 words to enable the feature)
5. Click [Automated Internal Linking]

Step 3 - Enter your website URL

1. Enter the URL of your website (you can add multiple websites) from which you'd like to select pages to link to your article.
2. Click [View suggestions], Writesonic will display a list of relevant pages from your website that you can link to your content.

👉

To manage, change, and/or edit the website URL/s, click the [settings] icon located at the top left corner of the automatic internal linking box

Step 4 - Review and accept suggested links

Accept suggested links

• Click each of the suggested pages recommended by Writesonic for internal linking
• The specific keyword/s associated with the page will be highlighted, click [Accept] to insert the link or [Dismiss] to remove the page from list.
• Click the [Accept All] button at the bottom of the suggested pages to accept all suggestions

Edit links on the article

• To edit a link that has already been applied to your article, click on the text to display the link options
• You can copy, edit, or unlink the link

Add links manually

Writesonic will underline the relevant keywords on your article, to manually link a URL, highlight the keyword, then click the [link icon] from the text formatting options, then paste in the link.