SITE STRUCTURE / A PRACTICAL REVIEW

Make useful pages easier to find.

A page graph is a map of supplied links. Its usefulness depends on what was actually captured, so coverage belongs beside every finding.

Start with the pages you have

Save the URL, response status, HTML and capture time for the agreed page set. A target absent from that set is unobserved. It is not automatically a broken link. A page with no incoming edge is unlinked within the supplied graph; it may still be linked from uncaptured pages.

Verify a failure before editing

When a captured target returns an error, inspect the exact URL again. A temporary server failure and a removed page require different remedies. Preserve the source page and choose a replacement only after checking that it serves the same reader task.

Use descriptive links

Link where the next page helps answer the current question. For example, a review of indexing directives can point to a capture checklist. Do not add sitewide keyword links merely to inflate link counts.

Prepare a reversible change

1. Record the source page and target URL.
2. Keep the original HTML and fingerprint.
3. Explain the reader benefit.
4. Check the replacement response and content.
5. Review the staging change on phone and desktop.

What the map does not prove

A saved graph cannot certify Google crawling, indexing, canonical selection, accessibility or ranking effects. Those claims need their own evidence. Canonical, redirect and noindex changes should remain deliberate decisions.

Google guidance on crawlable links · Free review tools · Author and method