Google-links-featuredGoogle Matt Cutts posted a video explaining why Google no longer has that 100-links-per-page Webmaster guideline.
In fact, the guideline was dropped well before 2008, but SEOs and webmasters still think having over 100 links on a page is something that may lead to a penalty.
The truth is: no, it won’t. Sites like Techmeme likely has thousands of links on their home page, and they are not penalized by Google.
That being said, Google said if a site looks to be spammy and has way too many links on a single page — Google reserves the right to take action on the site.
Matt also explained that your PageRank is divided by the number of links on a page. So if page A links to page B, C and D, that PageRank is split into three. If you have hundreds of links, it is divided by hundreds, and so forth.
In fact, the guideline was dropped well before 2008, but SEOs and webmasters still think having over 100 links on a page is something that may lead to a penalty.
The truth is: no, it won’t. Sites like Techmeme likely has thousands of links on their home page, and they are not penalized by Google.
That being said, Google said if a site looks to be spammy and has way too many links on a single page — Google reserves the right to take action on the site.
Matt also explained that your PageRank is divided by the number of links on a page. So if page A links to page B, C and D, that PageRank is split into three. If you have hundreds of links, it is divided by hundreds, and so forth.
