Navigation Links
Most pages on your site contain this link type. This is because the navigation links have more to do with the structure of your site. They form part of what makes up your site, especially when a developer is making your site.
No matter the content you open on your site, you’ll always see the navigation link. It’s usually found at the top and bottom of pages.
The most common type of navigation link is the homepage link. On some sites, you’ll see it as a write-up, while on other sites you’ll see it as the site’s logo. So, wherever you are, if you click on the site’s logo, it just takes you to the homepage.
Below the navigation links are other links that mostly deal with the content itself. These links are post categories. The function of navigation links is to make your visitors understand the layout of your site.
On-page Links
Normally when you open some links within a page, they need to load before the page opens. But, in terms of on-page links, the opposite is the case because it takes you to the section without loading.
The purpose of on-page links is to save you all that time of long scrolls. This is because it takes you directly to the section or sub-topic you click on.
On-page links are usually within a post on a page. At the beginning of some posts, you may see an outline of the content on that post. The outline contains different sections of the post. So, what on-page link does is to take you to different parts of that post within the same page.
On some sites, there are on-page links that let you do automatic scrolls. It could be to the top or bottom of a page. You see these links mostly on pages that have long posts. When you click on it, the page scrolls automatically to the top or bottom as the case may be.
Call to Action Links
This link basically urges your readers to take a particular action. It could be to contact the site owner, read more about something, find out more and more. The following are some calls to action:
- Click to learn more
- Click to read
- Click here
- Contact me
- Find out more
There are many kinds of this link depending on what kind of action the site owner wants the readers to take.
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Israel Olatunji
Israel Olatunji
I love all the information you wrote here about Internal links.
And I like this much, "Embedding relevant links in your article will give readers a nice experience as well as promote your site. This way, you get to kill two birds with one stone."
Thank you for sharing this excellent and informative training with all of us.
Thank you so much and best wishes,
Kind regards,
Joyce
Israel Olatunji
