=== AI Internal Linker ===
Contributors: kobyof
Donate link: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/ContentTech
License: GPLv3
License URI: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html
Tags: Automatic linking, Internal links, Link building, SEO, User experience, Content analysis, Readability, Schema
Tested up to: 6.1
Stable tag: 1.0
Requires PHP: 5.6.20

Create Internal Links between posts and pages within seconds. AI Internal Links uses Yoast Focus Keywords or manual focus words for Internal Link Building. 

== Description ==

### AI Internal Linker is the most complete free Internal Linking Service for Wordpress. 

AI Internal Linker enables use to use a focus keyword for each post/page on your site. It than scans the entire site for matches for that focus word and creates an internal link back to the original post.

* Automatically Increase your SEO performance
* Works within seconds if combined with YOAST Focus keywords
* Use AI Internal Linker's focus keywords without YOAST (optional)
* Remove all Internal links with a single click.

### Free for use

Unlike similar plugins, AI Internal Linker allows totally free Internal Link building, and works within seconds.

### How to use and Best Practices

The easiest way to use AI Internal Linker is to combine it with YOAST plugin. If you have YOAST installe, and you have focus keywords defined for every post or page, you can just hit "optimize links" on the plugin's settings page and internal links will be added automatically within seconds.

Alternatively, you can manually define a focus keyword for each post or page for the plugin to use.

Please select the correct option on the Plugin Settings page for YOAST focus keyword or Plugin focus keyword.

Other settings allow you to choose the maximum number of links allowed in a page or post (up to 10, no more than 3 is recommended), Using bold for Internal Links and limiting internal links to selected categories only.

== Frequently Asked Questions ==

= Why should I use internal links for my Wordpress Site? =

** Search Engine Optimization (SEO): ** By linking relevant pages and posts within your site, you provide search engines with a clear understanding of the structure of your site and how the pages are related to each other. This can help to improve your site's visibility in search results and make it easier for users to find what they're looking for.

** Improving Site Navigation: ** Internal links can help users navigate your site and find related content, which can improve the overall user experience and keep them on your site for longer.

** Reducing Bounce Rate: ** By providing users with links to related content, you can reduce the number of visitors who leave your site after only viewing one page. This can help to lower your site's bounce rate and improve its overall engagement metrics.

** Readability and User Experience: ** Internal links can make it easier for users to find related content and understand the structure of your site. This can lead to a better reading experience and help to keep users engaged with your site for longer.

** Distributing Page Authority: ** By linking to other pages within your site, you can help to distribute the authority and ranking power of your site more evenly. This can help to improve the visibility of individual pages and make it easier for users to find the content they're looking for.

== What happens if I take a post/page down? Won't I have broken Internal Links? ==

AI Internal Links has your back. Whenever you run the plugin, the plugin checks that all Internal Links are up to date. Broken links are always removed.

== Can I have too many Internal Links? ==

Sure, too many internal links can affect the performance of a site if not managed properly. 

Excessive internal linking can increase the size of the HTML pages, slow down the page load times, and cause confusion for users. 

Additionally, if internal links are not optimized, they can lead to a high number of 404 errors, which can negatively impact the user experience and the site's search engine ranking. 

It's important to strike a balance between providing helpful internal links for navigation and optimizing performance by limiting the number of links on a page.

That's why we recommend up to 3 Internal Links per page or post, and we don't allow more than 10.

== What if I want to uninstall the plugin, will the links stay on my site? ==

Sure, unless you decide to automatically remove them, the links stay, no strings attached.

== Screenshots ==

1. The Yoast SEO plugin general meta box. You'll see this on edit post pages, for posts, pages and custom post types.
2. Example of the SEO analysis functionality.
3. Example of the readability analysis functionality.
4. Overview of site-wide SEO problems and possible improvements.
5. Control over which features you want to use.
6. Easily import SEO data from other SEO plugins like All In One SEO pack, HeadSpace2 SEO and wpSEO.de.

== Changelog ==

= 1.0 =

Release date: February 11th, 2023

AI Internal Linker first release.