Boost Links Recipe Template Improves Rankings and Click-through Rates

The Untapped Opportunity of Mid-Tier Rankings

Many websites have pages ranking between positions 4 and 15 on Google. Slight improvements in these rankings can significantly boost click-through rates, impressions, traffic, and revenue. Internal linking, while often overlooked, can effectively tap into this potential.

InternalLinking.io's Boost Links recipe automates internal linking to boost visibility for these high-potential pages. This approach is sometimes called the 'missing clicks' method, as these pages are positioned just below where significant clicks occur.

The Boost Links Recipe identifies pages ranking between positions 4 and 15 through Google Search Console, marking these as "pages to boost." Using AI-driven topical relevance, it automatically generates internal links from source pages to relevant destination pages, optimizing link authority for these boost pages.

To create your Boost Links Recipe, you'll need three elements:

  • Source pages: Pages you link from. The template defaults to all indexable pages.
  • Destination pages: Pages you link to. Again, here the template default to all indexable pages.
  • Boost pages: Pages ranking between positions 4 and 15, identified using Google Search Console.

The recipe ensures boost pages receive targeted internal linking attention, improving their rankings.

Setup

To use the Boost Links Recipe, you'll need:

  • A site crawl
  • Google Search Console (GSC) integration

You can add a new recipe with the "Boost links to pages ranking 4-15" template

Boost links to pages ranking 4-15 template.

Iterative Optimization and Automation

InternalLinking.io simplifies ongoing optimization:

  1. Initial Crawl & Setup: Crawl your site and connect to GSC.
  2. Define Recipe: Specify your source pages, destination pages, and boost pages. You can just use the "Boost links to pages ranking 4-15" template
  3. Build Links: Click the "Building Linking Graph" button to generate internal links.
  4. Review and Refine: Check the Google Sheet sample provided in the versions view. This shows which pages link to which pages, anchor text used, and relevance scores. Think there are too many irrelevant links? Make the relevance threshold minimum a little higher, or reduce the number of boosted pages, perhaps taking pages ranking 4-10 instead of 4-15, say. Rebuild the linking graph and review another sample.
  5. Publish and Monitor: Launch your links and monitor ranking improvements.
  6. Automated Maintenance: Schedule automatic recrawls and updates to maintain perfect internal linking effortlessly.
  • Enhanced Visibility: Targeted improvement leads to better rankings and higher click-through rates.
  • Efficient Automation: Reduce manual effort with automated link building.
  • Increased Revenue: Improved visibility and traffic directly enhance revenue opportunities.

The Boost Links Recipe strategically improves internal linking, turning overlooked opportunities into measurable results.