Internal Linking · auto-suggest from your graph

Internal links that actually compound.

SemlyPro maps your entire content as a knowledge graph, then auto-suggests internal links per article by topical relevance, anchor text variety, and citation authority. Applied at publish. No more orphan pages.

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What is internal linking?

Internal linking is the practice of linking from one page on a site to another, passing topical authority and helping search engines understand site structure. Modern internal linking uses a content graph (every page as a node, every shared topic as an edge) to recommend the most-authoritative, most-relevant links per article.

For AEO, internal linking also signals which pages are canonical sources for which topics — important for AI citation routing.

Topical relevance

Suggested by shared entities + semantic similarity.

Anchor variety

Vary the anchor text to avoid over-optimisation flags.

Authority routing

Link from high-authority pages to new pages to pass juice.

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Why now

Most sites have orphan pages.

Articles published once and never re-linked. Old articles missing links to your newer category pages. The internal-linking debt accumulates silently.

40%+
orphan pages

on the average mid-sized site. Articles with <2 inbound internal links.

Auto
graph mapping

SemlyPro maps every page as a content node + every topical relationship as an edge.

7+ suggestions
per article

Per-article auto-suggested links, applied at publish.

The closed-loop difference

Others suggest links. SemlyPro applies them.

Most internal-linking tools surface suggestions and leave the application as a manual task. SemlyPro applies links at publish AND back-fills old articles automatically.

Capability

Suggestion-only tools

SemlyPro

Detect orphan pages
Suggest topically-relevant internal links
Anchor text variation suggestions
Auto-apply new internal links at publish
Back-fill old articles with links to new ones
Re-track ranking lift per linked page

How it works

From content graph to applied links.

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01

Map graph

On CMS connect, we crawl every article and build a content knowledge graph (entities, topics, references).

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02

Suggest links

For every new article (or refresh), we suggest 5–10 internal links by topical relevance + anchor variety.

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03

Apply at publish

Approved links inserted into the article body before publish. Anchor text optimised per occurrence.

SemlyPro only
4

04

Back-fill old articles

New article published? We surface 3–5 old articles that should link TO the new one. One-click back-fill.

What’s inside

Six pillars of graph-driven linking.

Graph

Content knowledge graph

Every page mapped as a node. Topical relationships (shared entities, related H2s, semantic similarity) as edges.

Suggest

Per-article link suggestions

5–10 internal-link suggestions per article, ranked by topical relevance + authority pass.

Anchor

Anchor text variation

Suggests varied anchor text to avoid over-optimisation. Tracks anchor distribution per linked page.

Orphans

Orphan page detection

Surfaces articles with <2 inbound internal links. One-click fix recommendations.

Backfill

Old-to-new back-fill

When you publish a new article, we surface 3–5 old articles that should link to it. One-click apply.

ApplyClosed-loop

Auto-apply at publish

The wedge. Links inserted into article body at publish time — across WordPress, Webflow, Shopify, HubSpot, all 12 CMSes.

Who it’s for

Built for teams building real topical authority.

SEO leads

Stop fighting orphan pages quarterly. Auto-applied means it just works.

Zero orphans, ongoing

Content marketers

Internal links applied without you opening the CMS. One less manual step.

Zero manual linking

Editorial leads

Diff view of every link added. Approve before publish if you prefer manual oversight.

Reviewable link applies

Agencies

Defensible internal-linking work product. Show clients the graph + the links applied.

Visible link-graph improvement

Customer proof

Real links applied. Real rankings lifted.

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Hero case study

How [Customer] lifted rankings 23% via internal linking

[Customer] had 340 articles with weak internal-linking — 40% orphans. SemlyPro’s graph-driven workflow applied 1,847 new internal links across 60 days. Average article ranking lifted 4.2 positions. 89 orphan pages eliminated.

1,847
Links applied
+4.2
Avg position lift
89
Orphans fixed
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Internal linking was on the "next quarter" list for two years. SemlyPro killed it in 60 days.

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Head of SEO · [Company]
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Back-filling old articles when we publish new ones is the move I didn’t know I needed.

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SEO Lead · [Company]

Pricing

Graph-driven internal linking, from $149/mo.

Every plan includes the full closed loop — research, generation, and publishing to 12 CMSes.

Pro

Solo marketers & small teams

$149/mo
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Full plan includes the closed loop

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Business Pro

Growing teams & agencies

$249/mo
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Enterprise

Mid-market & large organizations

Custom
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Full plan includes the closed loop

FAQ

internal linking, questions answered.

Linking from one page on a site to another, passing topical authority and helping search engines understand site structure. Modern internal linking uses a content graph to recommend the most-authoritative, most-relevant links per article.

On CMS connect, we crawl every article and build a content knowledge graph (entities, topics, references). For every new or refreshed article, we surface 5–10 link suggestions ranked by topical relevance, authority pass, and anchor-text variety.

Yes, at publish time. Approved links inserted into the article body with optimised anchor text. Manual review available before publish if you prefer.

Yes. When you publish a new article, we surface 3–5 old articles that should link TO the new one. One-click back-fill applies the link across the old articles in your CMS.

Any article with fewer than 2 inbound internal links. Flagged in the dashboard with one-click fix suggestions.

Yes. Anchor-text variation tracking ensures no single anchor is used too often across the site. Manual anchor override always available.

All 12 SemlyPro CMSes: WordPress, Webflow, Shopify, HubSpot, Sanity, Contentful, Ghost, Wix, Squarespace, Strapi, Notion, Framer.

Link Whisper and LinkBoss suggest links inside the editor. SemlyPro builds a true content graph (semantic similarity + entity overlap + authority routing), suggests + applies links at publish, AND back-fills old articles automatically.

Yes. Visual graph view shows every article as a node + every internal link as an edge. Spot disconnected clusters, hubs, and orphan pages at a glance.

Yes. Per-language content graphs. Links stay within the same language by default; cross-language linking available with hreflang.

Stop running orphan-page audits. Just link properly.

14-day free trial · Content graph included · One-click back-fill