Opinions sought on outbound Links page.
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Hello Forum,
I'm about the remove my outbound Links page at:
http://www.pictureframe.com.au/---obs--picture-frames-links.html
I think that Google could be assessing this page as a link scheme, ie: I-link-you-if-you-link me.
I haven't received any messages from Google about this but I think the page may be devaluing my site.
What do you guys~gals think?
Thank you for any and all feedback
Paul the Picture Framer
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Hi Paul!
If there are a lot more outgoing links than incoming links it's very possible that Google is penalising the page. I've read of people's link pages being confused for a link farm previously.
It may not be necessary to remove the link page entirely though, but rather reformat to be a resource page similar in formatting to a blog post. In this case, it’s important to put all outbound links in amongst the content instead of in a repetitive list form and add an intro paragraph at the start explaining what will follow. This is helpful to the user and takes away the “list” feel. There is no page authority benefits for you having a links page, but converting it to a resource page can give you informational authority and actually help increase the ranking for that page.
It’s also important to remember that the links need to be relevant to your site and you shouldn't have too many on one page.
Hope this helps!
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