Learn how the internal linking auditor discovers orphan pages and helps you build a stronger site architecture for SEO.
The Internal Linking Audit tool crawls your website's sitemap, visits every page, and maps all internal links. It identifies orphan pages (pages with zero inbound links) that search engines struggle to find, and calculates a connectivity score based on your linking structure.
Reads your sitemap.xml as the source of truth
Visits every page to count inbound links
Pure crawl data, mathematically calculated
The tool fetches your /sitemap.xml to build a complete list of pages on your site. This is the "universe" of pages to audit.
Each page is visited and all internal <a href> links are collected. Only links pointing to the same domain are counted.
If a page exists in the sitemap but has 0 inbound links from other pages, it is flagged as an orphan.
Score = ((Total Pages - Orphan Pages) / Total Pages) × 100. A score of 100 means every page is linked from at least one other page.
Pages that have at least one internal link pointing to them from another page on your site. These pages are discoverable by search engine crawlers.
Pages that exist in your sitemap but have zero internal links pointing to them. Search engines may never discover these pages through crawling.
A percentage from 0 to 100 that represents how well your pages are interconnected. Higher scores mean fewer orphan pages and better crawlability.
Paste your full website URL including https:// into the input field. Example: https://yourwebsite.com
Click "Start Audit" and wait while the tool crawls your sitemap and extracts internal links from every page.
Check your Internal Link Score. A score above 80 is good, 50-80 needs improvement, and below 50 requires urgent attention.
Review the Orphan Pages list and add internal links from relevant pages to connect them to your site architecture.
After making changes, run the audit again to verify your improvements and track your progress.