Will interlinking using dynamic parameters in url help us in increasing our rankings

[vivekrathore]

Hi,

Will interlinking our internal pages using dynamic parameters(like abc.com/property-in-noida?source=footer) help us in increasing our rankings for linked pages OR we should use static urls for interlinking

Regards

[Alick300]

Hi,

I don't think so. The purpose of internal linking is to flow link juice so I don't think if you use url with parameters(& or ?) will help to improve ranking.

it is recommended that standard HTML links is good for internal linking.

You can also check moz guide for best practices

http://moz.com/learn/seo/internal-link

Thanks

[KingRosales]

Hi Anirban,

I think a better question would be, "whats the best way to link to my internal content when using dynamic parameters?"

You can definitely link this way to your internal content if you really want to measure the effectiveness of your footer links. BUT, just make sure you have a canonical tag on all the pages - not just the pages you're linking to with a dynamic parameter to analyze link performance on the footer.

If you want to measure the link effectiveness of all your links pointing to any piece of internal content, I'd probably rethink how important that is for you and think of your long term goals of your site first before doing something like that; it may be more work for you. However, as long as you have the canonical tag in place, this is something you shouldn't worry about.

With regards to your initial question, if you don't use a canonical tag on all your pages (at least the ones you plan on linking to), you're going to be throwing away any link juice you think you're passing to it.

I hope this helps you.

[EricaMcGillivray]

This question was also posted here last Friday.