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site.page.linked

Default

warn

Plugin

site

Every page has a link from another page.

Why: Search engines find pages by following links. Google asks that every page you care about has a link from at least one other page of your site. A page with no links to it, an orphan page, may be found late, or not at all, even when a sitemap lists it.

The rule reads the links of a linted folder, so it does not run for single files and URLs, and it needs a host. The home page, and pages with noindex or a canonical link to another URL, are skipped. A link from a page to itself does not count.

When off: pages without links to them pass.

<!-- ✓ Passes: /about/ has a link from the home page -->
<!-- index.html -->
<a href="/about/">About</a>

References

• Google: Link best practices: "Every page you care about should have a link from at least one other page on your site." A sitemap can still list the page, so the rule warns.