What is the optimum out link number?

**hcgroup** · 21 November 2017, 12:44 am

Hello Guys,

I would like to learn is there an optimum number of outgoing links from the reviews and posts?

I a currently using 1 outgoing link for the reviews with "nofollow" attribute.

And also I am using 1-2 outgoing links for the reviews and posts with 1-2 inner links.

What do you think?

Thanks

**wonderpunter** · 21 November 2017, 1:56 am

if it's natural then there isn't a optimal number... add whatever you have to

**hcgroup** · 21 November 2017, 6:59 am

I see but "natural" is a dangerous/risky word. Let me ask you clearly then:

If I add "Visit Casino" button at the end of each review (so doubling the number of outgoing links to the same destination), will it make any negative effect on SEO?

Thanks in advance

Originally Posted by wonderpunter

if it's natural then there isn't a optimal number... add whatever you have to

**Scampi** · 21 November 2017, 10:17 am

If I add "Visit Casino" button at the end of each review (so doubling the number of outgoing links to the same destination), will it make any negative effect on SEO?

You should do the affiliate links as no follow, then it will have no negative effect. If you are doing outgoing links to other sites, then why not do-follow?

**hcgroup** · 21 November 2017, 11:54 am

Thanks a lot. I know the "nofollow" rule but Google may bypass it... I have read about this on the forums... Also, I do not think that 1 outgoing is same with 4 outgoing. Did you test it?

Thanks

Originally Posted by Scampi

You should do the affiliate links as no follow, then it will have no negative effect. If you are doing outgoing links to other sites, then why not do-follow?

**Progger** · 21 November 2017, 12:22 pm

Originally Posted by Scampi

You should do the affiliate links as no follow, then it will have no negative effect.

Nope,the last bigger google update derank link farms...follow or not,this dont matter...

**hcgroup** · 21 November 2017, 1:02 pm

Can you please kindly clarify the term "link farm"? More info please... Thanks

Originally Posted by Progger

Nope,the last bigger google update derank link farms...follow or not,this dont matter...

**Progger** · 21 November 2017, 1:09 pm

Link farms,are pages with many outgoing links/less content.

**hcgroup** · 21 November 2017, 1:19 pm

Thanks. But I still see well-ranking sites with many outgoing links even from their main pages. How do you comment on that?

Originally Posted by Progger

Link farms,are pages with many outgoing links/less content.

**Progger** · 21 November 2017, 2:26 pm

Originally Posted by hcgroup

Thanks. But I still see well-ranking sites with many outgoing links even from their main pages. How do you comment on that?

But not on every page...if u own a Website with 300 pages...and 1-2-3 pages have many links - this wont hurt.
But a small page with many links,can be a problem...

**hcgroup** · 22 November 2017, 12:09 am

Exactly. Thanks. But what about having 15-20 outgoing links on the main page?

It is not a good approach even if you a lot of text content on the main page.

What do you think?

Originally Posted by Progger

But not on every page...if u own a Website with 300 pages...and 1-2-3 pages have many links - this wont hurt.
But a small page with many links,can be a problem...

**wonderpunter** · 22 November 2017, 1:15 am

if you write without thinking about it you will be fine, i have pages with 30 links some with 5.. they all rank well if you get fixed on how many links per page you will find yourself repeating the same over again making your whole site looking unnatural with the same amount of links each page.. it doesnt really matter there are so many old wives tales from 90s SEO which are still believed today

**hcgroup** · 22 November 2017, 2:12 am

Perfect explanation! I will take care of that. Appreciated!

Cheers!

Originally Posted by wonderpunter

if you write without thinking about it you will be fine, i have pages with 30 links some with 5.. they all rank well if you get fixed on how many links per page you will find yourself repeating the same over again making your whole site looking unnatural with the same amount of links each page.. it doesnt really matter there are so many old wives tales from 90s SEO which are still believed today

**casionmark** · 24 November 2017, 3:20 pm

Following up on this thread- did someone say that all your trackers / aff links should always be 'no follow'? Even when using cloaking software?

**hcgroup** · 25 November 2017, 4:09 am

I do not have any idea on trackers but you should add "nofollow" attribute to all of the affiliate links.

Originally Posted by casionmark

Following up on this thread- did someone say that all your trackers / aff links should always be 'no follow'? Even when using cloaking software?

**Progger** · 25 November 2017, 4:28 am

Originally Posted by casionmark

Following up on this thread- did someone say that all your trackers / aff links should always be 'no follow'? Even when using cloaking software?

Yes nofollow...but google still follow every link,the crawler dont stop at this point.

U can use cloaking,this is ok...but i would not play with geo redirects...

**hcgroup** · 25 November 2017, 4:42 am

Thanks. I see. What is cloaking? Can you give a brief info before we search in the internet please?

Thanks in advance

Originally Posted by Progger

Yes nofollow...but google still follow every link,the crawler dont stop at this point.

U can use cloaking,this is ok...but i would not play with geo redirects...

**hcgroup** · 25 November 2017, 4:44 am

I do not recommend CLOAKING to anyone. Pls read below:

Cloaking is a search engine optimization technique in which the content or information presented to the user is different from that presented to search engine crawlers (i.e. spiders or bots) for better indexing. In other words, cloak definition is, the web server is specially programmed to return different content to search engines than it returns to regular users, in an attempt to distort search engine rankings by making a cloak content. You might have understood now that cloaking is an illegal practice and is considered a Black hat SEO. The Search engine may permanently ban from our index any sites or site authors that engage in cloaking.

Originally Posted by Progger

Yes nofollow...but google still follow every link,the crawler dont stop at this point.

U can use cloaking,this is ok...but i would not play with geo redirects...

**Progger** · 25 November 2017, 4:59 am

Missunderstood,

With cloaking i mean shortlinks,this is fine we all use it...

Google use multiple locations to crawl a page...this is why i dont use geo/cloaking.

**hcgroup** · 25 November 2017, 5:08 am

I see. You mean /go/ . type short links?

or

Goo.gl created type short links?

Thanks

Originally Posted by Progger

Missunderstood,

With cloaking i mean shortlinks,this is fine we all use it...

Google use multiple locations to crawl a page...this is why i dont use geo/cloaking.

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