Is there such thing as too many?
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No, however you can have too many links that do not help a specific result. For example: If all your links are "widget article blog" and you want results in "happy day phrase" this would not help you. Also if you link to a bunch of FFA's,spam sites, link farms,low PR, and reciprical links then you are not helping yourself either. So you can spin your wheels for sure. But you can never have enough good, natural links. 
Start thinking virally. That is the future my firend.
Start thinking virally. That is the future my firend.As long as it doesn't affect the look of your site to the visitor then I guess it's alright.
cutequotes
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it is recommanded by google not to have more than 100 links on 1 page.
P.Jeffries
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Interesting, I never knew that. What is the reasoning behind this though I wonder
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djbaxter
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1. It dilutes the PageRank value of any outgoing links to less than 1% of whatever PR the page had to start with.
2. It's not user friendly. And it results in large pages which may increase load times.
3. It may get you flagged as a potential link farm, depending on the nature of the site, assuming you're not DMOZ.
2. It's not user friendly. And it results in large pages which may increase load times.
3. It may get you flagged as a potential link farm, depending on the nature of the site, assuming you're not DMOZ.
I think that a lot of links look junky and cluttered. It makes it difficult for readers to focus a lot of times. It's all about the user experience to me.
What is the purpose of having large numbers of links on your site? If it improves the usability of your site, don't worry.
No, there is no such thing as too many links on your blog. You can build as manu links as you can. There is absolutely no problem with it. However, i would suggest to build few quality links rather than bunch of poor links bcause as you certainly have heard, quality wins over quantity.
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djbaxter
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I suspect you misunderstood the question, which is about links ON your blog, i.e., outgoing links, not links TO your blog, i.e., incoming links.
1. It dilutes the PageRank value of any outgoing links to less than 1% of whatever PR the page had to start with.
2. It's not user friendly. And it results in large pages which may increase load times.
3. It may get you flagged as a potential link farm, depending on the nature of the site, assuming you're not DMOZ.
Having toomany links will reduce the value of each links. Best to have a few quality links as mentioned.
There is no certain and standard answer to your question, however, its believed that the less outgoing links you have, the better it is, especially from SEO point of view. For example, if your outgoing links are dofollow, your site bleeds page rank to those links which means your ranking will decrease.
Of course, this is not a big factor in seo, but with seo every little bit helps.
Of course, this is not a big factor in seo, but with seo every little bit helps.
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djbaxter
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No, sorry. This a longstanding total myth - it has always been wrong and it will always be wrong.
You do not lose PageRank by linking out. This is a misunderstanding of the basic PageRank formula for calculating the amount og PageRank passed through a given linkl to another page:
PR passed = .85 * {PR of page providing links} / {total # outgoing links on the page, including internal navigational links}
Also, dofollow has nothing to do with it since it has been confirmed by Google that even nofollow links are included in ther above formula.
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Don't spam links across your blog, max 30 per page. If you do more it will appear to google like you're link farming in some ways.
