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Wire the SEO Tree together with upward internal links – every leaf links to its branch, every branch to the trunk and root – so authority flows from examples up to hubs and money pages.
Category: SEO & Content Architecture
Use this when the tree has been mapped but pages still sit unconnected – or after every new publish, to wire the new piece in.
Inputs
- The SEO Tree map with every page's role assigned (root / trunk / branch / leaf)
- Edit access to the pages being linked
- Anchor-text rule in hand: 3-6 words, descriptive, never generic
Steps
- From the tree map, list every leaf grouped under its parent branch.
- In each leaf's body copy, add at least one upward link to its parent branch using a 3-6 word descriptive anchor – never 'click here'.
- In each branch (definitive article), link upward to the trunk/root and across to the sibling definitive articles it references.
- Keep the relationship direction one way up: examples and meta-articles → definitive article → course/service.
- The hub's examples section links down to its leaves (Requirement 3 – every example, each with a 1-2 sentence note); what never happens is a leaf restating the hub's content.
- QA every new link against Google guidelines (Step 5 of /internal-linking) and record it in the link inventory.
Definition of done (QA checklist)
- Every leaf carries at least one upward in-body link to its parent branch
- Every branch links up to trunk/root and across to related definitive articles
- All anchors are 3-6 word descriptive phrases; zero generic anchors
- Zero orphans remain in the mapped section; links logged in the inventory
- Linked back to the definitive article (/seo-tree) and relevant siblings
Example(s)
- The /internal-linking definitive article – which ships with its own skill file for AI agents – demonstrates the link-creation mechanics this skill applies tree-wide.
- Example needed – run the Meta-Article Prompt (/meta-article-prompt-template) after the first full wiring pass.
File in the zip: skills/seo-content-architecture/link-leaves-to-branches-branches-to-trunk.md. Download the Task Library zip.
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