The claim
Internal links placed in prominent, contextually relevant positions pass more value than boilerplate or footer links.
What the evidence shows
The Reasonable Surfer model assigns each link a probability of being followed based on features such as position, font, anchor text and surrounding context. Rather than treating every link on a page equally, links a real user is more likely to click are given greater weight. This reframes internal linking as an exercise in prominence and relevance, not sheer link count.