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Orphan Pages Explained – Why Unlinked Pages Hurt Rankings

Today we are talking about orphan pages. This lesson ties directly back to internal linking from Phase One of on-page SEO. Orphan pages are pages on your website that are not linked to from any other page. That means there are no internal links pointing to them. The problem with orphan pages is simple. If a page is not connected, users cannot find it and search engines cannot find it either. If Google cannot discover a page through links, it will struggle to crawl it, index it, or rank it. That is why it is important to make sure all important pages on your website are connected within your site structure. Best practice is to ensure every page you want indexed has at least one internal link pointing to it. Now, there is one exception where orphan pages can make sense. That is for ad landing pages. If you are running paid ads and sending traffic to a specific page that you do not want indexed or discovered organically, it is okay for that page to remain unlinked. Those pages are built for a very specific purpose and user journey. Outside of that scenario, orphan pages usually signal a problem. Either the page is not important or it was forgotten. Finding orphan pages can be tricky without paid tools. Most tools require connecting Google Search Console and Google Analytics, which typically means upgrading to a paid plan. That is why I have focused this entire course on free tools whenever possible. However, you can still get clues by using Screaming Frog. Inside Screaming Frog, you can use the visualization tools. Go to Visualizations - Click Crawl Tree Graph This graph shows how pages are connected from the homepage outward. You can visually see: Pages one click away Pages two clicks away Pages three or more clicks away If you notice pages sitting far out with very few connections, or pages showing errors or redirects, those are worth investigating. While this does not guarantee you will catch every orphan page, it helps identify weakly connected content. The key takeaway is this. Your website should work as a system. Every page should support another page. Pages should not compete with each other. They should reinforce each other. When pages are internally linked, Google understands how topics relate. As one page begins to rank, it can help lift the others with it. That is how strong site architecture works. And that brings us to the end of SEO for Beginners. Thank you so much for watching. This course was intentionally in-depth. Not just what SEO is, but how to actually fix things in the real world. Whether you decide to do SEO yourself or hire a professional, you now understand what matters and why. And that knowledge alone puts you ahead of most business owners. Free SEO Resource Download the SEO CEO Starter Kit to learn how professionals structure content for rankings. https://twinningpros.com/seo-ceo-star... Don't forget to download our SEO Checklist! https://twinningpros.com/seo-checklist Want the full system? SEO CEO walks you step by step through SEO, content, audits, and real-world implementation. https://twinningpros.com/seo-ceo Subscribe for the next lesson and keep building SEO that works long-term, not just today.