Sitewide Link

What is a Sitewide Link?

A sitewide link is an outgoing link (internal or external) that appears on every page of a website. 

The most common examples of sitewide links are links the footer and the site navigation menu.

Here’s an example of sitewide links on our blog:

Sitewide links on Ahrefs blog

In linkbuilding, sitewide links are backlinks from a website that appear on its every page. In most cases, such links are unnatural and thus violate the Google Spam Policies.