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What is a Deep Link

From: SISTRIX Team Steve Paine 02.03.2021 OffPage-Optimisation A Guide to Backlinks AMP HTML - Accelerated Mobile Pages How to Submit Your Website to Google, Bing and Yahoo Using and correctly implementing Content-Syndication What are Expired Domains? What are the general forms of link-distribution? What is a Deep Link What is link building? Back to overviewAny link to your domain that does not point to the homepage is called a deep link. These links point deep into a domain in order to link to content there.ContentsContentsWhat are Deep Links How are deep links generated What percentage of deep links should my website have Deep links and user experience

What are Deep Links

Deep Links are mainly used to point directly to a specific piece of content or product without the user having to take that route from the homepage. In terms of link building, deep links primarily strengthen the linked subpages.

How are deep links generated

For Google, a link is always a link if it is a simple element with an href attribute that points to a specific URL. A deep link, therefore, is a simple link that does not point to the homepage of the domain and has been given its own name in order to make it easier to describe. Here is an example of a start page link to the SISTRIX start page written in HTML. SISTRIX start pageAnd here are two deeplinks. The first to the ask-sistrix page, the second to an article deeper within that area of the website.

What percentage of deep links should my website have

There are no quotas that a website operator must adhere to. The ratio is, of course, determined by the type of website. If the main entry point is the homepage, it is probable that it will have a high number of links pointing to it. If one offers good information on sub-pages, a high deep link value can also arise. Here are a few examples of large, well-known domains:

Deep links and user experience

Deep links can be an interesting starting point when asking ‘What content on my domain do people like to share?’. A link to a subpage is always an indication that this page has added value for the linking website. A higher value should, therefore, be placed on the user experience offered by these articles. With these pages, it is also worth thinking about what visitors will find there and how it might be made easier for them to dive further into the website. From: SISTRIX Team Steve Paine 02.03.2021 OffPage-Optimisation A Guide to Backlinks AMP HTML - Accelerated Mobile Pages How to Submit Your Website to Google, Bing and Yahoo Using and correctly implementing Content-Syndication What are Expired Domains? What are the general forms of link-distribution? What is a Deep Link What is link building? Back to overview German English Spanish Italian French