Checks / Links, canonical and speed
Page has no internal links (dead end)
A page with no links to the rest of the site stops crawlers and visitors.
dead_end · Links, canonical and speed · Notice
What triggers it
A page has no links to other pages of your site (the home page is left out).
What to change
Add links to related pages, the category and the home page.
How to confirm the fix
- Open the page and look for a link to another page of your site: a menu, a related-pages block or a link in the text
- View Source and search for <a href="/: at least one match that is not the home page
How common it is
We have not measured how common this is on a sample of sites. Counts appear here when a study covers it.
About this check
| Check ID | dead_end |
|---|---|
| Report section | Links, canonical and speed |
| Severity | Notice |
| How it is decided | Measured: read directly from the page or the server's response. |
| Added | Version 3, 19 October 2026 |
| Status | Measured in every report |
| Report gives the code | No, the fix is described in words |
Related checks
- No canonical URL
- Content-Security-Policy allows inline scripts
- Page is more than 3 clicks from the home page
- No favicon
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