Internal Links – Reporting a bug / Inconsistency

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  • Resolved V K Rajagopalan
    Rank Math pro

    Hi,

    Inside a page under SEO analysis, it was reported that I did not have any internal links in the content. I always prefer adding internal links as relative links, i.e., only the path without the domain. For example, /about/

    However, your SEO analysis module did not recognize this as an internal link and I had to give the full permalink.

    You may please consider this as a bug or an inconsistency or as a feature request. I would request you to please activate the facility in SEO analysis to recognize internal links as relative links as valid for this test.

    • This topic was modified 4 years, 6 months ago by V K Rajagopalan. Reason: improved question
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  • Hello,

    Thank you for contacting Rank Math today.

    I’d recommend you to use absolute URLs for internal linking to avoid issues in case of differences in domain i.e. Https/Http, WWW/NON-WWW or subdomains. If you are using WordPress editor, you can always use the add link and search your post or page to add internal link to your content.

    Looking forward to helping you. Thank you.

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    I normally keep these internal links as relative to make it compatible in case the site is moved to a Development environment or moved to a different domain altogether.

    However, your point is also valid.

    Thanks
    Warm regards,
    Raj

    Hello,

    Thank you for contacting Rank Math and sorry for any inconvenience that might have been caused due to that.

    Rank Math is only able to detect links that appear within the main post editor content.
    If you wish to, you can leave them as relative links. Please note that the Rank Math tests are only a checklist and you should not follow each test religiously.

    Looking forward to helping you. Thank you.

    Thanks Michael.

    Todd
    Rank Math free

    Hello,

    We are super happy that this resolved your issue. If you have any other questions in the future, know that we are here to help you.

    If you don’t mind me asking, could you please leave us a review (if you haven’t already) on https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/seo-by-rank-math/reviews/#new-post about your overall experience with Rank Math? We appreciate your time and patience.

    If you do have another question in the future, please feel free to create a new forum topic, and it will be our pleasure to assist you again.

    Thank you.

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