{"id":5092,"date":"2012-08-13T17:04:50","date_gmt":"2012-08-13T23:04:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.evolutionarydesigns.net\/blog\/?p=5092"},"modified":"2012-08-13T17:04:50","modified_gmt":"2012-08-13T23:04:50","slug":"keep-readers-on-your-site-longer-by-interlinking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.evolutionarydesigns.net\/blog\/2012\/08\/13\/keep-readers-on-your-site-longer-by-interlinking\/","title":{"rendered":"Keep Readers on Your Site Longer By Interlinking"},"content":{"rendered":"

You have a great website and you follow the best practices when it comes to SEO<\/a>. You are working on your social media campaigns and they are doing well. The traffic to your website is high, but those that visit aren\u2019t sticking around for very long. So now your asking yourself, why they aren\u2019t sticking around.\"interlinking\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Why Readers Leave Your Site<\/h3>\n

There are many reason why visitors won\u2019t stick around on a website. Here are a few reasons why your visitors aren\u2019t sticking around.  Image source: <\/em>Flickr<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

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  1. Poorly designed<\/a> Website <\/li>\n
  2. Slow loading WordPress<\/a> site <\/li>\n
  3. Poor content <\/li>\n
  4. They found what they were looking for and have moved on <\/li>\n
  5. Content isn\u2019t what they were looking for. <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    If your site has a great design, loads quickly and has great content, then chances are they are finished with your article and is moving on to something else. <\/p>\n

    How To keep Your Readers on Your Site by Interlinking<\/h2>\n

    There are many ways to keep readers on your site but, today, I want to talk about one way of keeping readers on your site longer. To keep readers on your site, you can use the method of interlinking (also called deep linking).<\/p>\n

    What is Interlinking<\/h3>\n

    Interlinking is linking one article on your website to another. Normally interlinking is used to link related articles together using anchor text related to the topic you are writing about or a term you mentioned. For an example of interlinking check out my first link. It points to an older article I wrote about. <\/p>\n

    Why Is Interlinking Important<\/h3>\n

    Just linking to outbound articles gives your site authority to the searching engines (part of good SEO practices). If you interlink your articles, this can help the search engines and readers get a bigger picture about your site\/blog is all about. <\/p>\n

    Interlinking helps your site by\u2026<\/p>\n