Deep page (more than 4 clicks)

Severity: Opportunity
Impact: Medium
Effort to fix: Medium
Issue code: deep_page

Why it matters

Pages far from the homepage are crawled less often and are usually seen as less important.

How to fix it

Add links from higher-level pages, category hubs or navigation to reduce click depth.

How it affects your score

Finding this issue on any page costs the Internal Linking score 0.5 points, plus up to 4 more depending on the share of crawled pages affected. A smaller improvement with a modest effect on its own.

Find the affected URLs

Open Crawl > Issues and pick Deep page (more than 4 clicks). Each affected URL is listed with its evidence, and Copy URLs or Export URLs hands the list to a developer. The issue also appears in the Action Plan, ranked by impact (medium) and effort (medium), and in the issues CSV under the code deep_page. After fixing, run a new audit and use Compare to confirm the URLs moved to fixed.

Guides that cover this issue

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