Safe limit for links-per-page ?

Discussion in 'Link Development' started by minarets, Oct 25, 2005.

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    Is there a general consensus on the safe number of links to list per page in one's link exchange directory? I currently have a site in which the main link exchange directory page is a PR4. That page only contains a directory listing of each of the category pages in my link exchange (i.e. no real content at all).

    One of my directories is 'web design', which currently has about 30 links in it, with 12 links per page. Page one of the 'web design' category is a PR3, but page 2 and 3 are PR0. I'm wondering if I have too many links per page (is 12 too many?) or if I should add some actual keyworded text into those pages so that there's some indexable content in them. Anyone have any suggestions?

    -min.
     
    minarets, Oct 25, 2005 IP
  2. exam

    exam Peon

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    Google states that they don't want to see more than 100 links per page *shrug* The more content you can add the better.
     
    exam, Oct 25, 2005 IP
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    In the past 10 links per page was a number I used.

    If you have too many links on a page it look spammy and you may not attract submissions because people still care about PR and they know it is diluted with too many links on a page.
     
    mrspeed, Oct 25, 2005 IP
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    minarets Peon

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    I understand about it looking spammy, etc... Do you think 12 links per page is too many? My concern, at this point, is that if I change my pages to 10 links per page, some sites which I have in my directory will get shifted down to the next page, and may delete my link on their sites believing that I've deleted their links on mine...

    -min.
     
    minarets, Oct 25, 2005 IP
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    I think you can leave it at 12 with no problems whatsoever. :)
     
    exam, Oct 25, 2005 IP
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    i think the average is about 20 links per page, and it its links plus a description i would not recommend over 20 since it will also add to page loading time and no one likes a slow site :)
     
    just-4-teens, Oct 25, 2005 IP
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    just under 100
     
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    now what about the site map page on ones website..... i currently have link to about 300 of my content pages on a seperate "sitemap page" hosted on the same domain... is this harmful??
     
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    MattUK Notable Member

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    Personally I try to keep things to around 50, this passes a decent amount of PR and helps your flow around your own site also.
     
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    MattUK Notable Member

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    It's not hamful, you'll just find it difficult to get link partners for a page with more than 100 links as most people realise it doesn't pass much pagerank.
     
    MattUK, Jun 16, 2006 IP