Natural Search Engine Optimization

Figure 1-2. Relationship between average number of inlinks and position in hierarchy

relationship between page hierarchy level and the number of inbound links

Figure 1-2. Relationship between average number of inlinks and position in hierarchy (© Emerald Group Publishing Limited, all rights reserved)

Mandl, T. 2007. "The impact of website structure on link analysis."
Internet Research 17 (2): 196–206. Higher is better. Figure 1-2 reprinted by permission.