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2.5 Internal Link Graph Mapping Suite

50 checks in Crawlability & Site Architecture. Automated Its subsection has a live automated checker in the engine.

IDCheckPasses whenWeightRuns
2.5.01Crawl site using headless + raw HTML modesFull internal link graph generatedCriticalDeterministic
2.5.02Extract all internal <a href> links from raw HTMLInternal links collectedCriticalDeterministic
2.5.03Extract internal links from rendered DOMDOM links collectedCriticalDeterministic
2.5.04Compare raw vs DOM link sets> 90% overlapHeavyDeterministic
2.5.05Identify broken internal links (4xx/5xx)0 brokenHeavyDeterministic
2.5.06Identify redirected internal links< 5%HeavyDeterministic
2.5.07Identify circular internal links (page ↔ page)NoneHeavyDeterministic
2.5.08Validate internal links use absolute or relative consistentlyConsistencyMediumDeterministic
2.5.09Identify internal links using full domain in same-domain URLsMinimizedMediumDeterministic
2.5.10Validate lowercase internal linksLowercaseMediumDeterministic
2.5.11Validate trailing slash consistency in internal linksConsistentMediumDeterministic
2.5.12Ensure homepage links to primary category/service pagesPresentHeavyDeterministic
2.5.13Ensure header navigation links are discoverable in raw HTMLTrueHeavyDeterministic
2.5.14Ensure footer navigation links are discoverable in raw HTMLTrueHeavyDeterministic
2.5.15Validate cross-linking between related service pagesPresentHeavyDeterministic
2.5.16Validate cross-linking between related location pagesPresentHeavyDeterministic
2.5.17Identify excessively deep nested links (>3 levels)MinimizedMediumDeterministic
2.5.18Validate crawl depth from homepageDepth 1–4 for key pagesCriticalDeterministic
2.5.19Identify pages deeper than 5 clicks< 5% of pagesHeavyDeterministic
2.5.20Validate internal link anchor text relevanceHighly relevantHeavyDeterministic
2.5.21Identify generic anchor texts (“click here”, “learn more”)MinimizedMediumDeterministic
2.5.22Validate alt text on internal image linksPresentMediumDeterministic
2.5.23Validate link title attributes where presentReasonableMediumDeterministic
2.5.24Inspect anchor links (<a href="#...">) for crawl-trap riskSafe usageHeavyDeterministic
2.5.25Detect links inside hidden elementsAvoid hidden indexable linksMediumDeterministic
2.5.26Detect JS-injected internal links not visible in raw HTMLMinimalHeavyDeterministic
2.5.27Detect links pointing to canonical duplicatesAvoidMediumDeterministic
2.5.28Detect internal links overriding canonical logicConsistentMediumDeterministic
2.5.29Validate service ➝ homepage ➝ service linkingCorrect silo structureHeavyDeterministic
2.5.30Validate service ➝ location ➝ service linkingCorrect structureHeavyDeterministic
2.5.31Validate blog ➝ service linkingPresentHeavyDeterministic
2.5.32Validate blog ➝ blog linkingPresentMediumDeterministic
2.5.33Validate internal linking supports topic clustersStrongHeavyDeterministic
2.5.34Identify disconnected clustersNoneHeavyDeterministic
2.5.35Identify pages with <2 internal inbound linksFix low-inbound pagesHeavyDeterministic
2.5.36Identify pages with <2 internal outbound linksFix low-outbound pagesHeavyDeterministic
2.5.37Validate homepage ➝ all primary categoriesLinkedHeavyDeterministic
2.5.38Validate all primary categories ➝ homepageLinkedHeavyDeterministic
2.5.39Validate link frequency (avoid >100 links/page)ReasonableMediumDeterministic
2.5.40Detect excessive footer links (spam pattern)ReasonableMediumDeterministic
2.5.41Detect excessive header menu itemsReasonableMediumDeterministic
2.5.42Identify links blocked by robots.txtNoneMediumDeterministic
2.5.43Validate internal link graph against sitemap coverageHigh overlapHeavyDeterministic
2.5.44Validate internal link graph includes all canonical URLsTrueHeavyDeterministic
2.5.45Validate indexability of cluster hubsIndexableHeavyDeterministic
2.5.46Validate internal links to LCP resource are not blockedAccessibleHeavyDeterministic
2.5.47Check for broken anchor fragments (#section)No broken anchorsMediumDeterministic
2.5.48Identify orphan pages (no inbound links)NoneCriticalDeterministic
2.5.49Compute internal link graph health score>= 80%HeavyDeterministic
2.5.50Compute internal link graph + clustering composite score>= 85%CriticalDeterministic

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