Pagination (SEO)

Pagination is the practice of dividing a long collection of website content into separate, navigable pages or segments. A blog archive with many posts or a large project gallery may use page numbers and clear next-page links so visitors are not forced into one enormous page. From an SEO perspective, each meaningful page should be discoverable through accessible links, and the structure should not accidentally hide older items. Pagination is a navigation mechanism, not the same thing as the archive page or the articles within it. A small service website may not need pagination until its collection becomes difficult to browse.