Outbound links in directory site hurts ranking and SEO?

[mason10001]

Hi, I put up a dating directory http://crazydating.com does it hurt my ranking and SEO indexing since I have all the outbound links? If it does how do I fix it? Thanks!

[imisidro]

Having outbound links in your directory will not hurt site rankings and SEO -- IF Google thinks your directory is high quality.

Not so much has having links, but Google seems to dislike directories that lists everything automatically without human review. Google seems to prefer -- meaning give good rankings and traffic -- to directories that are concerned with the quality of their directory and not lists everyone that submits to them

In terms of outbound links, Google guidelines recommend keeping links of a page to 100 or less

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http://www.google.com/support/webmasters...swer=35769
Keep the links on a given page to a reasonable number (fewer than 100).

[i2att0716]

Instead of just having a bunch of outbound links, try and do some link building to increase your inbound links. A good way make your directory more organized is to sort by category. That way Google will see your directory as a resource rather than a form of link farm.

I suggest using Web CEO to help with your link building and other SEO efforts. There is a free version as well for people who want to just test it out.

[ricecube384]

Outbound links wont hurt your ranking but could effect your Page Rank which could fixed by applying a "no follow" on all out bound links.