What is the difference between in-content contextual links and footer links for SEO?

In-content contextual links are placed inside the body of an article with relevant anchor text, while footer links appear at the bottom of every page. Search engines like Google treat editorial in-paragraph anchors as stronger relevance signals because they connect related topics naturally. Footer links are often seen as site-wide boilerplate and carry less weight for passing topical authority. Seatext's Free Authority Link Builder automates contextual linking from blog articles to money pages to improve rankings.