Question Concerning Pages With Too Many Links:

[ToddKing]

I have run SEO moz software for a clients site, Its showing that virtually every single page has too many links.  For instance this url:

http://www.golfthere.com/AboutUs

Am I missing something? I do not see 157 links on this page.

[legalseo]

Having too many links is the least of your worries on these pages. Looking at the view source there's a lot of code (508 lines of it) clogging up the bots path to any content, let alone the links. Your menu structure is over complex from a code point of view, the pages are rendered in tables, there's a lot of on page JavaScript that could be minified and/or accessed thru a separate file,  I don't see an

tag here's the link to one of your stylesheets

Your example About Us page scores a very low 57/100 on Google's page speed tester - that alone could be a reason the pages aren't being indexed well.

Looks like programmers we're driving the bus when the site was built.

[josh-riley]

I agree; too many links alone can be overcome. (I know, I live it.) If rankings across the board aren't good then there's something else - maybe several things - going on.

[SeattleOrganicSEO]

Hi Todd,

I think the ultimate question is what's wrong with your site, no? I don't think it's this in terms of having too many links on a page. It's only one of the many factors in terms of getting you ranked. The way the links are set up internally can make a difference, but I would have to spend a bit of time checking out the site to see how they're set up to see if they're working.

What's your goal? I'm assuming it's to rank better. Frankly, the first thing I check always is what's your backlink profile looking like. I'm assuming you want to rank better for terms other than your brand name. Right now, it doesn't look like you will.

So, this warning about links is the least part of your problem. Also, your title tag for your home page is not as "SEO friendly" as it could be and if I spent more time looking, I bet you there are a number of other things you could tweak on the site. It's not the "too many links" on that page I would be worried about...

[josh-riley]

When you hover on the tabs at the top, all those menus that appear count as links. The locations g tab has about 20 alone; all those add up. Since that menu is on every page, that could explain it. How you see things isn't the same as how Google does; we tend to base it on what we see - Google bases it on what they can access (which sometimes you can't directly see, like with the tabs).

My site has the same problem; we resigned ourselves to it because, for us. it's better for the users.

[SeattleOrganicSEO]

In your drop down menu, there's a ton from just the Locations tab.

I'd have to look at the report to see why it's saying it's a problem . Sorry.

[ToddKing]

Is it counting each link from the drop down menus at the top of all pages as links?  Is this something that would cause horrible rankings?