Do outbound links hurt your site?

Small Business SEO · 12-06-2008

This question gets asked a lot. Recently, Matt Cutt's answered this along with many other questions.

If you want to read his answer go here.
Google Answers Some Tricky Questions | WebProNews

santino · 12-21-2008

depends if you link to bad sites and also you send out pr juice

jeni008 · 01-03-2009

I do not think so if this one is related with your niche.
But however outbound links should be minimum and never look like as you are selling links.

ms2134 · 01-03-2009

If you are selling links, it can hurt your Search Engine Ranking. But as long as you keep them to a minimal and do not show that you are selling links; you should be ok.

Outbound links (YES) should be kept to a minimum and should be weighed by the amount of links that you have coming into your website.

~ Mike

anjelinaa · 01-04-2009

If you have the outbound links for the website which one is well established and reputed in the eyes of google than they wont care about that.

Bottom line is Google hate that website which sale links.

SEOvB · 01-05-2009

Originally Posted by ms2134

If you are selling links, it can hurt your Search Engine Ranking. But as long as you keep them to a minimal and do not show that you are selling links; you should be ok.

Outbound links (YES) should be kept to a minimum and should be weighed by the amount of links that you have coming into your website.

~ Mike

Well said, you definitely shouldn't only focus on getting text links in, but should also be giving some out

dsouza · 01-16-2009

I don't think that it will effect much to our site.

Julian_Sanders · 01-17-2009

I won't link with sites that have more than 30 links, sometimes 20 depending on the Pagerank of the actual page. You need to remember...every link on the page gets a percentage of the overall pagerank for that page, so the more links a page has, the less pagerank you will get. And you should only exchange links with sites that are in your same industry, not direct competitors, but in the same area of business.

Regards

Mikeantony · 01-27-2009

Hey its nice post you put for the out bound links this will improve my knowledge for the putting outbound links to my site.

brainseo · 01-29-2009

Yes out bond links may hurt your ranking, if you put hundred links on a single page. I think you should just give 10 out bond links on a single webpage.

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ms2134 Super Moderator Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 250	If you are selling links, it can hurt your Search Engine Ranking. But as long as you keep them to a minimal and do not show that you are selling links; you should be ok. Outbound links (YES) should be kept to a minimum and should be weighed by the amount of links that you have coming into your website. ~ Mike Linux Hosting, Reseller Hosting, Domain Name .................................................. ..................... The Business Forum - Free To Discuss, Buy, Sell and Trade .................................................. ........ Host Quote - Get it good, Get a Host Quote

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dsouza Junior Geek Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 72	I don't think that it will effect much to our site. Data Visualization Software Rental Management Company

01-17-2009	#8
Julian_Sanders Junior Geek Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: UK Posts: 158	I won't link with sites that have more than 30 links, sometimes 20 depending on the Pagerank of the actual page. You need to remember...every link on the page gets a percentage of the overall pagerank for that page, so the more links a page has, the less pagerank you will get. And you should only exchange links with sites that are in your same industry, not direct competitors, but in the same area of business. Regards Julian Sanders Same Day Loans \| Payday Loans My Blogs: Financial Guide \| Personal Finance

12-21-2008	#2
santino Newbie Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 6	depends if you link to bad sites and also you send out pr juice

01-03-2009	#3
jeni008 Newbie Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 3	I do not think so if this one is related with your niche. But however outbound links should be minimum and never look like as you are selling links.

01-04-2009	#5
anjelinaa Newbie Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 3	If you have the outbound links for the website which one is well established and reputed in the eyes of google than they wont care about that. Bottom line is Google hate that website which sale links.

01-27-2009	#9
Mikeantony Junior Geek Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 68	Hey its nice post you put for the out bound links this will improve my knowledge for the putting outbound links to my site. SEO India\| Thailand property \| Sydney Removalists \|Offshore Software Development India

01-29-2009	#10
brainseo Newbie Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 6	Yes out bond links may hurt your ranking, if you put hundred links on a single page. I think you should just give 10 out bond links on a single webpage.