Outgoing links and SEO

ultimatehandyman · PR2 Joined: 15 Mar 2007 Posts: 209

Do outgoing links on webpages mean that it will be ranked lower by the search engines and can they harm a websites PR?

On my site I have about 41 outgoing links on each page that link to my directory, which is on a sub domain. The links look like this-

Is this harmimg my site in terms of SEO and should I remove the 41 links and replace them with just one link to the directory?

Thanks in advance

chez

mhmdkhamis · PR4 Joined: 26 Nov 2006 Posts: 436 Location: egypt

i dont think so

i have links in my forum footer (to my site)

but i think more out going links will take from your page rank

like me

my forum index got pr3 and the forums got pr 3 too Wink

ultimatehandyman · PR2 Joined: 15 Mar 2007 Posts: 209

The links link to my directory, which is on a sub domain and I think that the search engines see a sub domain as another website!

If it will not effect them then that will be great as it is a lot of work to change it again Very Happy

mhmdkhamis · PR4 Joined: 26 Nov 2006 Posts: 436 Location: egypt

dcz · Posted: Tue May 15, 2007 8:13 am Post subject: Re: Outgoing links and SEO

Well yes, 41 external links really is a lot.

First, a page should not go to far over 100 links, so 41 external links most likely means you're above the limit for the total amount.

Then, it's all a matter of equilibrium.

Links given to a sub domain of yours linking back to the main domain doesn't seem to matter as much as a true external links, at least it's giving back to you, but still.

To me 10 external links per page is already a lot.
But it as well depend on the content, an article that would present a website with many links to it's different sections would not be as bad as a link list in a footer, this is for sure.

What is for sure too is that basic link exchange page, listing all the website linking to you is not a very good solution either.

The best I think to link back is to do it from our best related pages, where it can both please bots and users. No one really need a link per page on a domain, but rather links from good and related pages in a domain.

Since as you all noticed, Google won't grab more than few backlinks from a given domain even though the links appears on all pages.

As well, too many external links will hurt more the home page than other ones IMHO.

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ultimatehandyman · PR2 Joined: 15 Mar 2007 Posts: 209

Thanks,

I am in the process of changing all my pages now Wink

Thanks again

chez