Too many external links vs linking root domains - good or bad?

[sssrpm]

Hi guys,

After the latest Linkscape update, we noticed that our website have 424,671 external links with 4,395 linking root domains, so roughly 100 links/domain.

Does Google consider this to be a negative thing or we do not need to worry about it.

Many thanks.

David

[RyanKent]

These metrics are shared for informational purposes and for the most part you do not need to worry about it. If you look at SEOmoz, they also have a 100:1 ratio.

The information in and of itself offers almost no value. You could have 4,394 sites with 1 link from each and then 1 site with 420k links.

The data is mainly shared to help you better compare backlink profiles between sites.

[sssrpm]

Thanks Ryan,

We also noticed a potential issue: the majority of the external links are keyword rich, e.g.

Our landing page www.domain.com/abc/ got about 90% of links containing 2 main keywords "abc" and "def"we target on that page.

We have heard websites could be penalysed for over-optimised, unnarual link profile, should we be concerned about the above?

[RyanKent]

Our landing page www.domain.com/abc/ got about 90% of links containing 2 main keywords "abc" and "def"we target on that page.

That is a concern. It is highly unnatural. It sends a strong indicator that you are in control of those links which may lead Google to discount their value.