See where authority is trapped on your site.
Search authority flows through internal links — and on most sites it pools in a few pages while important content starves. RankForge computes a PageRank-style score for every page and shows you the imbalance. Paste your URL — free, no account required.
What does the authority flow checker show you?
An example of what the authority flow checker produces — your real result will use your site's data.
Authority by layer
How does the authority flow checker work?
From a URL to an answer in three steps — no setup, no spreadsheets.
Paste your URL
No account, no install, no plugin. Enter any URL and start — RankForge works the way a search engine does.
We crawl & map your site
RankForge crawls up to 100 pages, following internal links and building a map of how your pages connect.
Get your result
See the findings in minutes — with a plain-English explanation and the specific fixes a free account away.
What does this tool check?
What problems does this find?
The issues this check most often surfaces on real sites:
- Authority pooled on the homepage and a few top pages
- High-value commercial pages starved of internal authority
- Structural bottlenecks that keep authority from deep content
What do I do after the check is complete?
Search engines spread ranking power through your links. Right now most of yours is stuck on a few pages while important ones go without. Re-linking spreads it where it's needed.
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Start with the pages that matter commercially
Work down the list in order of how much you care about the page, not how bad the number looks. A flagged page nobody needs to find is not worth an hour of your time.
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Fix the cause, not the symptom
Most findings here are structural: a page is unreachable, under-linked, or competing with another page. Adding one contextual link from a strong, relevant page usually fixes more than editing the page itself.
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Re-run this check to confirm the fix landed
The check is free and takes a couple of minutes. Re-crawling after a change is the only way to know it worked — and the full audit tracks the difference between crawls for you.
Why authority flow checker matters for SEO
Internal authority — the on-site equivalent of PageRank — flows through your links and concentrates wherever you link most. On most sites it pools on the homepage and a handful of top pages while important commercial content starves, no matter how strong that content is. Rebalancing the flow with a few well-placed internal links can lift pages that already have what it takes to rank but lack the internal support to prove it. Because authority distribution is invisible in normal analytics, most site owners never realise it's the ceiling holding their best pages back.
How this compares to paid tools
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Learn how to fix it
Guides from the RankForge Academy on what this check measures and what to do about it.
- PageRank explained for modern SEO9 min read
- Internal authority flow9 min read
- What is link equity?9 min read
Authority Flow Checker: frequently asked questions
What is authority flow?
Authority flow is how ranking signal moves between your pages through internal links — the internal equivalent of PageRank. Pages with many strong inbound internal links accumulate authority; pages with few are starved, no matter how good their content.
How is this different from a backlink checker?
Backlink tools measure links from other sites. This measures how authority moves between your own pages — something you fully control and can fix today without any outreach.
What does the full audit add?
The free check shows the imbalance. A free account unlocks the specific links to add to rebalance authority into your strategic pages, the authority simulation, a client-ready PDF, and weekly re-crawls.
Run the authority flow checker now
Free, no account required. Create a free account afterwards for the full audit and the specific fixes.