I want to know about the number of outbound links that are acceptable on the frontpage.Can we block google from indexing outbound links on just the front page. Moreover what is the importance of having related good PR outbound links .
What i believe number of outbound links vary and you can have them as per your need There shd not be too many outbound links Regards Alex
Why not to use <nofollow> or <noindex>? As I know you can block google from indexing any link you wish...
You may be able to block Google from indexing the links...but that doesn't mean they won't know about them (and factor them into the ranking of you page) If the links make sense to be there...then that may be justification enough. Although, I would have to question the legitimacy of many outbound links on a home page. Google's policy (at least used to be) no more that 100 links per page.
you can block outbound links with either "nofollow" tags on each individual link or you can build them with javascript so that they wont be crawled.
Example of how to use ref="nofollow" to prevent SEs from following the URL... <a href="http://www.outboundsite.com" [B]ref="nofollow"[/B]>Anchor Text</a> Code (markup):
Yes you can block them. The best way to block individual links is to use the rel="nofollow" attribute on the links you want to block. Just remember that this won't stop the search engine from "indexing" them (it'll still know they exist), but it will stop them from following the links instead (meaning the search engine spider will know the link is there, but it won't know where it leads to or what's on it). It's great for blocking referrer and affiliate links as well as links that are only going to be there temporarily. Because they're pointless and waste code. They're not tags; they're attributes of the anchor element. And if you use JavaScript to create them, you'll also be denying the links to people who don't have JavaScript enabled, supported or have had them ripped out by their "chinny chin chins" (to murder the Three Little Pigs - what? I'm in the mood for some fried eggs and bacon today ) - er, I mean a firewall.
Ok ok, splitting hairs on me now? Yes they are attributes of the anchor tag. I promise to not use the wrong term again. The percentage of people with JavaScript turned off is small (Gotta love corporate America). Yes there are some but I guess if he is hell bent on blocking spider access to his external links, it does provide an option.