The Links page is the scan-level structural view of how pages connect.
It summarizes internal links, external links, and broken link counts across the scan, then shows a page-by-page table so you can see which pages receive links, send links, link externally, or contain broken paths.
This page is dense because link structure is dense. A website is not just a set of pages. It is a graph of pages pointing to other pages, assets, references, tools, forms, documentation, social profiles, and external services. The Links page gives that graph a practical first pass.
What this page is for
The Links page helps answer:
- how many pages are included in the link view?
- how many internal links were stored for this scan?
- how many external links were stored for this scan?
- how many broken internal and external link occurrences were found?
- which pages have many inbound internal links?
- which pages have many outbound internal links?
- which pages point to external websites?
- which pages have broken internal or external links?
Use this page when you want to understand the site’s link structure before drilling into individual page details or broken-link signals.
Link overview
The Link overview cards summarize the scan-wide link picture.
Pages shows how many pages are included in this structural link view.
Internal links shows the number of internal link occurrences stored for this scan.
External links shows the number of external link occurrences stored for this scan.
Broken links shows the combined broken internal and broken external count, with the note showing each type separately.
These cards give you the big shape before you start reading the table.
Links table
The Links table shows one row per page in the scan-level link view.
Each row includes:
- Page, the scanned page
- Internal inbound, internal links from other scanned pages that point to this page
- Internal outbound, internal links from this page to other pages on the site
- External outbound, links from this page to outside websites
- Broken internal, internal links associated with this page that are broken
- Broken external, external links associated with this page that are broken
The table is a structural summary. It is not trying to show every link target in full. Use the Page overview screen when you need the actual inbound and outbound rows for a specific page.
Internal inbound
Internal inbound counts how many internal links point to a page from other pages in the scan.
A high inbound count can mean a page is important in the site structure. It may be linked from navigation, footers, repeated modules, or many content pages.
A low inbound count can mean a page is less connected. That may be fine for utility pages, campaign pages, or intentionally hidden pages, but it can also reveal pages that are hard to reach.
Internal outbound
Internal outbound counts how many internal links a page points to.
A high outbound count can mean the page is a hub, index page, navigation-heavy page, footer-heavy page, or resource page.
A low outbound count can mean the page is focused, isolated, or missing helpful pathways to related content.
External outbound
External outbound counts links from a page to outside websites.
External links can be normal and useful. They may point to documentation, references, payment providers, social profiles, source repositories, client websites, or tools.
Review pages with unusually high external outbound counts. They may be reference pages, but they may also reveal repeated widgets, unexpected links, affiliate patterns, or template-level links.
Broken internal
Broken internal counts internal link problems.
Broken internal links usually deserve quick attention because they are under your control. They can break navigation, strand content, and make the site harder to crawl or understand.
If this count is greater than zero, open the page overview or the Broken internal links signal to inspect the exact targets.
Broken external
Broken external counts external link problems.
External websites can change or fail without warning. You may not control the target, but you do control whether your page links to it.
If this count is greater than zero, open the page overview or the Broken external links signal to inspect the failed targets.
How to use this page
A practical review flow is:
- Check the Link overview cards.
- Look for pages with broken internal or external counts.
- Look for pages with unusually high external outbound counts.
- Look for pages with very low internal inbound counts.
- Open a page overview when you need the exact inbound or outbound link rows.
- Open broken-link signals when you need scan-wide broken-link evidence.
This page is especially useful when you are trying to understand whether a site is well connected or whether important pages are isolated.
Scan-level links versus page-level links
This page is scan-level. It summarizes link counts per page.
The Page overview screen is page-level. It shows the actual outbound and inbound rows for one page, including targets, anchors, statuses, and broken flags.
Use this page to find where to investigate. Use the Page overview to inspect the evidence.
Links, signals, and issues
Broken links can appear in different layers.
The Links page shows scan-wide and page-level counts.
A signal shows a scan-wide finding, such as broken internal links or broken external links.
An issue shows the page-level version of that finding for one specific page.
This layering is intentional. Counts help you spot patterns. Signals help you inspect scan-wide findings. Issues help you fix a specific page.
Why link counts may not match what you see visually
Link counts are based on what Siteimp collected and stored during the scan.
They may not exactly match what you count by eye in the browser because:
- repeated layout links may be deduplicated in some views
- JavaScript-rendered content may affect what is discoverable
- navigation, footer, and repeated modules can add many links
- redirects can change final targets
- scan scope and robots rules can limit discovery
- a live scan may still be collecting rows
Use the counts as scan evidence, not as a hand-counted visual inventory.
Why this page may be empty
If Siteimp says No link rows are available for this scan yet, the scan may still be running or link rows may not have been collected for this snapshot.
Wait for the scan to complete, return to the scan results page, or rerun the scan if the data appears incomplete.