How To Get Rid Of Too Many Internal Links Pointing To Homepage?

Discussion in 'Search Engine Optimization' started by Johnwilliam, Jan 29, 2013.

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    I've an e-commerce site which has more than 20,000 pages indexed. Yesterday, I checked internal links for my homepage and I was shocked to see more than 21,000. I don't want to get link from every single website page but there is a website logo which is on every page and that is why I'm getting so many links. Please help me how to remove links without removing my logo from pages.
     
    Johnwilliam, Jan 29, 2013 IP
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    indyonline Prominent Member

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    You could just edit the logo and change it from a link to image only.
    I don't see why you would want to do this though.
    <a href="URL"><img src="image.jpg" alt="logo" /></a>
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    change to
    <img src="image.jpg" alt="logo" />
    Code (markup):
     
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    Johnwilliam Greenhorn

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    I've analyze my competitors and they have only 1000 links for their homepage and ranking high while they have more indexed pages than me so that is why I'm thinking about to reduce my homepage internal links.
     
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    indyonline Prominent Member

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    those thousand links are probably back links to the site.
    Having a lot of internal links will not hurt you.
     
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    Why would you want to get rid of all of those links? They should help your home page not hurt it.
     
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    I just want to know how much internal links should I keep? Because someone told me too many internal links can hurt my ranking. My home page isn't ranking on any keyword. Please help me regarding this.
     
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    indyonline Prominent Member

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    whoever told you that lied to you. Don't take any more advice from that person because they have no idea what they are talking about.

    All of them.
     
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