Welcome to LinkStorm! Follow these simple steps to get started and unlock the full potential of your internal linking strategy.
1. Create a Project and Add Your Website
Begin by creating a new project and adding your website's URL.
Tip: LinkStorm organizes your work into projects. Each project can contain multiple websites, and you can set up as many projects as you need to keep your work organized.
Once you add your website, LinkStorm will initiate a crawl to gather and analyze your content, including all available pages and linking structures. It also analyzes the pages from your XML sitemaps. Depending on the website’s size, this process can take from a few minutes to an hour.
Tip: You can navigate away from this page and work on other projects in the meantime. You’ll receive an email notification when the process completes.
2. Install the LinkStorm Code Snippet
For LinkStorm to place internal links automatically, it needs access to your website’s content. You can do this in two ways:
Option 1: Install LinkStorm Code Snippet: Copy and paste the LinkStorm code snippet into your website’s header.
Option 2: Use the WordPress Plugin: If you’re on WordPress, install the LinkStorm plugin.
By installing the code snippet or plugin, you’ll enable LinkStorm to place links from the suggestions you approve directly into your content.
3. Navigating LinkStorm’s Reports
Once LinkStorm has finished analyzing your website, you’ll have access to several reports:
Dashboard: The dashboard offers a quick overview of your site’s metrics and health.
Pages Report: This report lists all the pages on your site along with essential information for each page: depth, number of words, number of inbound and outbound links, number of inbound and outbound link opportunities.
Links Report: Here, you’ll find a breakdown of your internal and external links, focusing on links within the main content areas (excluding navigation and footer links).
Opportunities Report: The opportunities report displays LinkStorm’s internal link suggestions. These recommendations are prioritized by relevance, making it easy to identify which links are likely to add the most value.
Anchors Report: This report shows the distribution of your anchor text across both internal and external links, ensuring your anchors are varied and aligned with your SEO strategy.
Issues Report: This section flags any issues that need your attention, such as broken links or over-optimized anchors, allowing you to resolve them before they impact user experience or search performance.