Site directory, should I block from googlebot?

I'm planning on putting a site directory on my website soon because it is growing in size and some pages are moving too far from the main page. As I currently currently envision it, it will consist of almost entirely links with little or no actual content. I know there are heavy penalties for pages that appear to be link spam, and I've read somewhere that pages should not have more than 100 links on them, so should I block google from the page in robots.txt?

(note. before somebody says it, this page will not have the ads on it).

 

Well if the page is all links to pages within the same site, isn't that just like a sitemap kind of idea?

 

If they're internal links, no. If they're external links, yes.

<3 site maps.

 

Ok thanks. Internal links are good, and external links are the ones that get me in trouble. Thanks for the input. There would be a couple external links, but I'll leave them off that page, they are good where the are.

--Monteux

 

I think it's not a big problem to have more than 100 links, it's just not recommended, but many big sites which are well ranked have more than 100 links on certain pages

 

It wont give you any major problems as long as you dont link to spam sites/ link farms linking to spam/junk/adult sites

 

if you make site directory with quality , you will not be banned from google . but if you make link farm , you may be banned from google

 

try to add only good pr or quality sites. So there will no problem to you

 

You should have a sitemap to make it easier for visitors and google to find all your pages.
There is no problem with also having a links-directory or something that links to external pages. Just organize the links by subject and only link to sites you actually feel would be interesting to your visitors and you will be fine.

[the term 'site-directory' is a bit confusing - it could mean both a sitemap and a links-directory. Neither will hurt your site, but do not mix them up: that will just confuse your visitors. A sitemap is for internal pages. A (links-) directory is for external pages/sites. Neither will hurt your site and so neither need be blocked from google.]

 

Ok thanks. What I'm putting up now will be just a site map. I'll keep that in mind about directories...I've been a bit skeptical of where the line lay, but I think I get it now.