Lesson 17 of 1714 minBeginner

Internal linking and measurement

Before-and-after measurement

Annotate the change date, then compare impressions, average position and clicks for that URL over the following 28 days. One change at a time keeps the signal readable.

Why this lesson matters

This lesson belongs to Internal linking and measurement, the part of On-Page SEO where the goal is: distribute authority and prove the change worked.

Read it once, then do it straight away on a real site inside RankTracker. Nothing here is theory for its own sake — every step produces something you can show a client.

Do it now

  1. 1Open RankTracker with sample data already loaded, so you are not stuck on setup.
  2. 2Track the keywords from this lesson.
  3. 3Add three contextual internal links from your strongest pages to one page stuck on page two, then track it in RankTracker for 28 days.