# Internal links

## What it does

Nexus indexes every page on the client's site (its type, pillar and keywords) so each article links to real, relevant pages: the pillar page, a few sibling pages from the same pillar, and one or two service or product pages.

## Set it up

The site is indexed at onboarding and re-checked daily. To force it now: **"Reindex the sitemap."**

## Check and curate

- **"Is the sitemap up to date?"**
- **"Open the link inventory."** Both inventories (site pages and outside sources), with the pieces that use each link.
- A page with no pillar or the wrong page type links badly; fix the pillars in the content strategy, then reindex.

## Use it

- Links are picked per section in every brief and placed in the draft.
- Point more links at a page that needs support: **"Which pages should link to /services/maintenance?"**

## Troubleshooting

- **Links look irrelevant.** The sitemap may be stale or missing: check it, then reindex.
- **A link 404s.** Dead pages are dropped at the next index; reindex now to drop it at once.

## Prompts

- "Reindex the sitemap."
- "Is the sitemap up to date?"
- "Open the link inventory."
- "Which pages should link to /services/maintenance?"