---
title: Internal link and navigation graph
code: G13
shelf: Graph systems
url: https://library.feedthejoe.com/graph-systems/g13-internal-link-and-navigation-graph/
markdown: https://library.feedthejoe.com/graph-systems/g13-internal-link-and-navigation-graph.md
author: Joseph W. Anady
publisher: THATDEVELOPERGUY LLC
status: "Researched: Not deployed"
summary: Can visitors and crawlers find the intended pages through useful links?
published: 2026-09-12
reviewed: 2026-09-12
modified: 2026-10-14
release: 2026.09.12-g40
edition: 2026.09.12-g40
words: 149
sources:
  - graph:S19
  - graph:S41
cites:
  - https://library.feedthejoe.com/graph-systems/primary-source-register/
rights: © 2026 THATDEVELOPERGUY LLC. All rights reserved.
---

# G13 Internal link and navigation graph

## Question

Can visitors and crawlers find the intended pages through useful links?

## Nodes

Page; Link; Anchor; Navigation context

## Relationship sketch

* page → linked page
* link → anchor and location

## Evidence inputs

Authorized crawl, initial/rendered HTML as relevant, intended navigation, canonical route list.

## Implementation

Inspect reachable components and important pages with no incoming links. Evaluate navigational usefulness alongside graph metrics. Keep page purpose and user journeys ahead of arbitrary link quotas.

## Acceptance checks

* Important public pages are reachable from intended entry points
* Actual href targets work
* Any reported orphan definition and crawl scope are explicit

## Do not infer

A crawl of only part of a site cannot prove whole site orphan status.

## Publication boundary

Navigation is public; diagnostic reports normally private.

## Source basis

[S19](https://library.feedthejoe.com/graph-systems/primary-source-register/#S19), [S41](https://library.feedthejoe.com/graph-systems/primary-source-register/#S41). See Research/sources.json. Sources support the primitives or named technology. The organization, labels, actions, and acceptance contracts in this catalog are this library's design, not claimed provider requirements.