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Watch out - your link juice could be leaking. Links to pages for discontinued products, expired promotions or years-old press releases could be languishing on these obscure pages, depriving you of the  [[Website-Visibility-Report|greater visibility]] these links could offer your site.
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Watch out - your link juice could be leaking. Links to pages for discontinued products, expired promotions or years-old press releases could be wasted on these obscure pages, depriving you of the  [[Website-Visibility-Report|higher profile]] these links could lend your site.
  
Not sure what we mean by [[Glossary/Link juice|link juice]]? It's the value that a web page gets when other websites link to it. Search engines understand that when people take the trouble to link to a web page, that can mean the page offers valuable information. A web page that has links from reputable websites can rank higher in search results.   
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Not sure what we mean by [[Glossary/Link juice|link juice]]? It's the value that a web page gets when other websites link to it. Search engines understand that when people take the trouble to link to a web page, that can indicate the page offers valuable information. That's why a web page that has [[Glossary/Inbound-link|inbound links]] from reputable websites can [[Website-Visibility-Report|rank higher in search results]].   
  
When a website has been around for a while, and some of its pages are no longer current, any good inbound links to those older pages aren't conferring as much benefit to the site as they could.  
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Good inbound links to older, seldom-viewed pages on your site aren't doing you as much good as they could. Below you'll find seven ways to cork the leak by managing links between pages within your site - called [[Glossary/Internal-link|internal links]].
  
Below you'll find seven ways to cork the leak, and make the most of your website.  
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'''1. Newsletter Archives'''
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(Even if you don't have any, there's value for you at the end of this section.)
  
  

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Watch out - your link juice could be leaking. Links to pages for discontinued products, expired promotions or years-old press releases could be wasted on these obscure pages, depriving you of the higher profile these links could lend your site.

Not sure what we mean by link juice? It's the value that a web page gets when other websites link to it. Search engines understand that when people take the trouble to link to a web page, that can indicate the page offers valuable information. That's why a web page that has inbound links from reputable websites can rank higher in search results.

Good inbound links to older, seldom-viewed pages on your site aren't doing you as much good as they could. Below you'll find seven ways to cork the leak by managing links between pages within your site - called internal links.

1. Newsletter Archives (Even if you don't have any, there's value for you at the end of this section.)






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