We all know how important internal links are for Google as well as website visitors. Internal links help users and search engine crawlers navigate to different pages on your website and find web pages that they may not have found otherwise.<\/p>\n
However, does Google treat internal links differently based on where those links are located on a page? For instance, are internal links in the header of a page given a different weightage and level of importance than internal links in the footer of a web page?<\/p>\n
It is a common practice to have your most important pages in the main menu. But does it matter?<\/p>\n
Google\u2019s John Mueller recently talked about this during the Google Search Central SEO Office Hours.<\/p>\n
During the office hours, John Mueller was asked the following question:<\/p>\n
\u201cYou recently reiterated the importance of internal linking to signal to Google how important specific content on a site is. I want to know if links within certain sections of a site are looked at differently.<\/em><\/p>\n For example, if a page is linked within a header or a footer and therefore included on every page of a site. Does Google use those links differently thank links within the body of the page?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n Answering the above question, John Mueller confirmed that Google does not differentiate between internal links based on where they are located on a web page.<\/p>\n \u201cWe do not really differentiate there.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cSo if like, things are linked in your footer of the page, and they\u2019re linked from across the whole website, then from our point of view, you have those links from across your whole website.<\/em><\/p>\nNo differentiation<\/h2>\n