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Hello Forum Friends:

I created about 2 articles to post on my blog for my dating sites. The article blog is located at a sub folder (ex: domain.com/articles/). On each article, I created a few links to link to my homepage for some keywords.

My question is:

Should I link to the homepage ONLY for some keywords?

or

Should I link to each individual page instead of the homepage ONLY?

Which method is better?

Thanks very much!

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Short, practical plan to turn article links into useful traffic and ranking signals. asked whether to point article links at the homepage or internal pages; contributors like and leaned toward spreading links. Below are concrete, low-risk steps that make that distribution work and avoid common mistakes.

  • Pick 3–5 target pages (high-converting or content-rich pages). For a dating site those will often be registration/landing pages, city/local pages, category pages or a “how it works” pillar page.
  • For each article, include one contextual link to the single most relevant target plus one link to a related article. Keep it natural and useful to the reader.
  • Vary anchor text. Use a mix of branded anchors, partial-match phrases, long-tail descriptive phrases and a few naked URLs or CTAs. Avoid repeating the same exact-match anchor from dozens of articles.
  • Limit link density. One to three internal links to conversion or pillar pages per article is enough. Too many links looks spammy and dilutes value.
  • Make links crawlable and obvious (plain HTML anchors, not JS-only). Confirm target pages are indexable and not canonicalized away.

Quick troubleshooting and measurement tips:

  • Use Search Console URL inspection to confirm pages are indexed. Check the Links report to see top linking anchors and internal link counts.
  • Track article->page clicks with analytics events or UTM tags on external placements so you can measure real traffic and conversions.
  • If rankings stall, audit anchor text—replace repeated exact-match anchors with branded or descriptive phrases. Also check canonical tags, robots.txt, and sitemap inclusion.

Final note: quality first. Articles that genuinely help readers will attract natural links and drive conversions. Tactical linking helps, but sustainable gains come from relevance and user value.

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Member Avatar for Robdale

I think instead of linking only to homepage, link each page so that every web page will get similar boost.

Member Avatar for snapshot

If you are trying to target more words, you may prefer pointing some of the links at your inner pages instead of the homepage.

Member Avatar for Robdale

Linking to inner pages will increase you the link popularity of those inner pages.

Member Avatar for edhardy

I aslo recommend that u should link to each individual page instead of the homepage only, so that each individual page will get some juice!

Member Avatar for surindersharma

Link inner page instead of home page, each page linking increase traffic on your site.

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