Internal Link Map Creator

See the pages a URL links to, as a tree.

How to use the Internal Link Map Creator, step by step

Real screenshots of the current tool, using sample inputs. Long results are shown as a preview.

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Add your input
Paste or type into the field Internal Link Map Creator works from.
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A page URL in place
With a page URL entered, Internal Link Map Creator is ready to run.
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Review the result
Select Create map to run the tool. This screenshot shows the result returned for the sample input.

What the Link Map Creator does

Internal linking is one of the strongest SEO signals you control, but spreadsheets hide patterns that visualizations make obvious. The Link Map turns your internal link graph into an interactive tree.

Spot orphan pages, weak clusters, and missing pillar-cluster relationships in seconds. The visualization is the audit; the spreadsheet is the receipt.

How to map internal links

Five steps from URL to visualization.

Paste your seed URL

Usually homepage or a key pillar page.

Click Generate Map

The crawler fetches links 2-3 levels deep and builds the tree.

Explore the visualization

Pan and zoom. Hover any node for URL and link count.

Spot orphans and weak clusters

Pages with no incoming arrows are orphans; sparsely-connected clusters need more linking.

Add internal links

In your CMS, add links to fix the gaps. Re-audit to verify.

When SEO teams use it

Six common workflows.

Site architecture audit

Visualize how content connects. Spot weak links between pillars and subtopics.

Orphan page detection

Identify pages with no incoming internal links and add links from related content.

Topic cluster validation

Confirm pillar-cluster structure: pillar at top, subtopics radiating outward, links flowing back to pillar.

Pre-launch site QA

Verify all critical pages are linked from at least one other page before launch.

Migration validation

After CMS migration, compare link maps before and after to verify structure preserved.

Competitor architecture analysis

Map competitor sites to understand their content hierarchy and topic clustering.

Platform-specific setup guides

How to use the link map across the platforms most teams ship from.

WordPress

Audit your site map periodically.
Use Yoast or Rank Math's internal linking suggestions to fill gaps.
Re-audit after content updates.

Webflow

Use the visual link map to verify Collection page linking.
Add cross-Collection links via rich-text fields.
Re-audit after Collection changes.

Ghost

Map your tag-and-category structure.
Add internal links between related posts.
Re-audit periodically.

Next.js

For app router sites, map link graph to validate <Link> usage.
Identify orphan routes; add to navigation or related-link components.
Re-audit each major release.

Static sites

Use a build-time graph generator (e.g., gatsby-plugin-page-tree).
Compare to this tool's output for consistency.
Audit each release.

Grigora vs. other map tools

Side-by-side feature comparison.

Capability	Grigora	Screaming Frog	Sitebulb	Free generators	Manual
Free + unlimited	Yes	Yes	Free trial	Yes	Manual
Visual tree map	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Manual
Multi-level crawl	2-3 levels	Full site	Full site	1 level	Manual
Orphan detection	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Manual
No signup	Yes	Account required	Account required	Yes	Yes
Result speed	<60 sec	<5 min	<5 min	<5 sec	Manual
Export to image/PDF	Screenshot	Yes	Yes	No	Manual
Highlights nofollow	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Manual

Common errors and how to fix them

Eight issues teams hit when mapping internal links.

Map shows only 1-2 nodes

Cause: Page has very few internal links, or JS-rendered.

Fix: Verify the page has internal links in source HTML. For SPAs, server-render.

Tree is too dense to read

Cause: Page has many links and links link to many.

Fix: Reduce crawl depth. Or focus the audit on specific clusters.

Crawl times out

Cause: Target site is slow.

Fix: Retry. Or audit smaller URL clusters.

Some pages missing from the map

Cause: Crawl depth limit or rate limiting.

Fix: Increase depth (with patience) or use a full-site crawler.

Visualization breaks on mobile

Cause: Tree visualizations need horizontal space.

Fix: Use desktop for the visualization step.

Returns 403 or "blocked"

Cause: Site blocks our crawler.

Fix: Manually inspect via Screaming Frog with a custom user agent.

Same page appears twice

Cause: Different paths to same page (with/without trailing slash).

Fix: Normalize URLs in your CMS.

Sitemap and crawl differ

Cause: Sitemap includes pages not internally linked: orphans.

Fix: Add internal links to the orphan pages from related content.

Original data from our 2026 link audit

Across 200 site maps generated.

12%

Average orphan pages found per site (n=200)

38 sec

Median crawl time per seed URL

Hub-and-spoke (62%)

Most common link cluster pattern

% of sites with healthy pillar-cluster structure

Frequently asked questions

Twelve answers about internal link mapping.

A tree visualization of internal links starting from your seed URL. Each node is a page; lines show which page links to which. Useful for spotting clusters, orphans, and link distribution patterns.

2-3 levels typically. Beyond that, the visualization gets unreadable and the data becomes less useful for the typical audit.

You can take a screenshot or export the underlying data. The visualization is interactive in-browser only.

Pages with no incoming internal links are "orphans". Google may not crawl them efficiently. Add internal links from related content to bring them into the link graph.

Yes. The visualization makes pillar-cluster relationships obvious. Pillar pages should have many lines flowing in and out; clusters should connect to one pillar.

No. Screaming Frog crawls a full site and gives you spreadsheets. This tool visualizes a partial graph for quick visual analysis. Use both.

15-60 seconds depending on link depth and target server speed.

Limited to 2-3 levels deep, ~50 pages. For full-site crawls, use Screaming Frog or a paid SEO suite.

Internal linking is one of the strongest SEO signals you control. Visualizing your link graph reveals weaknesses (orphans, deep pages, weak clusters) that spreadsheets hide.

Not in this tool. Use Screaming Frog or a custom crawler for graph format export.

It catches them but flags them in the visualization. Nofollow links carry less SEO weight.

No, internal only. External links are a separate concern.

Related free tools

Other utilities that pair with the Link Map Creator.

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