What is an internal link graph?

A network created by a site's pages linking internally among themselves. ACME.BOT crawls a single URL, follows all internal links on the page, and returns a structured map for every page — including title, meta description, and outgoing links with anchor text — as well as auto-classifying them as a dead end, orphan, or hub.

How does the crawl work?

ACME.BOT begins crawling the URL provided and extracts the page's meta description, title, and internal links. It then follows all internal links until it runs out or it hits max_pages.

How is this different from Screaming Frog?

Screaming Frog is a Java desktop app — require installation, limited to 500 URLs scanning for free. ACME.BOT runs in any browser — no signup needed — and gives structured JSON graph and a clickable visualization. It's better suited for quick structural scans than a full audit.

What does the output contain?

Domain of pages, each listing path/title/meta description. Also includes outgoing internal links with anchor text, and counts of pages crawled, discovered, and errored. Pages are classified as hubs, orphans, or dead-ends and also auto-grouped based on first path segment.

What is a hub, an orphan, and a dead-end?

Hubs are pages with many internal links pointing to it — often a homepage, a blog index, pillar page, or page with relevant content to the topic. Orphans have zero internal links pointing to it — no other page that’s crawled has an internal link pointing to it. Alternatively, dead-ends have zero internal links pointing to other pages, which means they eliminate potential crawl paths to deeper content.

What is an internal link graph and why does it matter for SEO?

Internal linking is the structure of inter-page links within a site. Its importance comes from the way search engines use internal links to discover pages and distribute authority to them. For example, orphan pages don't typically rank, hubs transmit significant ranking power, and navigation depth determines the crawl priority of search engines.

Can I export the crawl as JSON?

Yes — you can see the full crawl JSON by looking at the results screen. You can also schedule crawls, diff runs, or export as CSV inside the ACME.BOT platform.

How many pages can I crawl at once?

Each crawl walks up to a few hundred pages, controlled by the max_pages value. For larger sites, run multiple crawls from different starting URLs, or use the ACME.BOT platform.

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Map Any Site's Internal Link Graph.

Paste a URL. ACME.BOT crawls the site and returns an interactive internal link graph — every page, title, meta, anchor text. Hubs, dead-ends, and orphans flagged automatically.Enter a URL and get an interactive graph of every page and internal link.