What is the difference between External links and Internal Links?

Hello Nancy,
External Links are hyperlinks that point at (target) any domain other than the domain the link exists on (source) whereas internal links are hyperlinks that point at (target) the same domain as the domain that the link exists on (source).

Internal link is a link which is point out to the same domain. External link is the link which is point out to the different domain or website.

Internal link is a link from one webpage to another webpage inside the same domain.

Example: if your domain is www.nacy07.com in your website page1 link to page2 or page1 link to page3 that is call internal link.

External link is other people domain link to your domain.

Example; if your domain is www.nacy07.com and facebook, youtube link to www.nacy07.com that external link. It could link to your other pages in your domain.

Internal links are links which redirect a website to its own pages and external links are links which redirect to any other website.

1. Internal Link is a hyperlink that when selected directs you to a new page or area, of the same website or domain.
2. External Link is a hyperlink that directs you to a new website.

External link means the link which goes from your site to other site and internal link means the the link which come to your site from other site.

Internal links, defined as links that point from one page on your site to another, are far from unimportant
External link are defined as links from one site to another where you link from the neighborhood and community page relevant to community user

Internal Link - A hyperlink that links to another page on the same website.
External Link - A hyperlink that links to another website.

Links redirects a website to its own pages are called Internal Links and Links redirects to any other website are called External Links. Internal linking is advised for better Search Engine Optimization results as External Links are to be kept at minimum because search engines do not like lot of outgoing links from a web page.

There are a lot of good answers that make sense. So I thought it would add more vale to share why it is important for you to use internal and external link in your content to better your seo and traffic.

In the eyes of google, if your website just links to itself, then its a black hole that suck people in.

If you add external links then you are sharing third party information like blog posts and videos that give more content. Thus google will trust your site more.

If you are posting on websites like youtube or facebook (websites that have an interest in keep people on their site) then you want to link internally because youtube wants to keep people on their site no matter what.

So by posting a youtube video with a few links to other related videos or your own video will show the YT robots that you have SOMETHING to keep people in the site. Even if the link is at the very bottom.

This is a great question. I certainly didn't know the difference when I began using the internet for marketing.

Hope this helps your internet purposes.

Have a great day.

Internal Links: Links with in your website from one page to another page
External Links: Links from other websites to your website

Internal links, defined as links that point from one page on your site to another, are far from unimportant. They provide the user experience within your website – the structure that helps your users easily find what they’re looking for on your site. And the search engines heavily favor a clear hierarchy in a website’s link structure.

External links are defined as links from one site to another. They can be outbound external links, where you link on your neighborhood or community page, for instance, to key businesses in that area, or relevant community news sources.

A page of your website linked with another page of your website is called internal links. Internal links are very valuable as its pass authority, trunst to your all internal pages. while external links are who take you our of your website.

when get a link from other source or website then it is called external link and when you get link from your site or domain then it is internal. such if you write a content on your website and make a link of your any other post, its means internal link. Thanks

Hi,

External links are those links which are hyperlinks and linked with other domain and internal links are those links which linked with the same domain and with inside pages of that domain

Thanks

External links points out the linking from one domain to entirely separate domain. These types of linking are connected from your website to other website that help the visitors to have additional information.
Internal link tries to link to your own website from various other sites to bring more readers from various domain.

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Sourav Basu

internal link : that points at another section of the same website page or to another page of the same website or domain is considered internal link.
externel link : External links point from one domain to an entirely separate domain. They may be links from your website to another website to provide additional information for readers.