Why add a resources section?
A well-chosen list of further reading turns the end of an article into a next step rather than a dead end. Readers who want to go deeper find related guides quickly, and you get a natural, contextual place for internal links to supporting content.
Descriptions make the difference. A bare list of links gets ignored, but one line explaining what each resource covers and why it matters earns far more clicks.
Choosing which links to include
- Your own related content first, particularly guides that support the page you want to rank.
- Tools and templates that help the reader act on what they have just read.
- Authoritative external sources such as official documentation or original research.
- Three to six links is usually enough. Long lists dilute attention.
Write link titles that describe the destination, such as "How to Calculate Break-Even ROAS", rather than generic labels. They work as better anchor text for SEO too.