Too Many On-Page Links - caused by a drop down menu

[spiralsites]

Many of our e-com sites we build for customers have drop down menus to help the user easily find products without having to click -

Example: http://www.customandcommercial.com/

But this then causes the report to trigger too many on page links

We do have a site map and a google site map

So should I put code in place not to follow the drop down menu link items or leave in place?

[Matt-Williamson]

Hi - I would definitely not place a no follow on the drop down menu. I have a similar issue when a site I work on was redesigned and this caused an increase in the on-page links, however the sites search engine rankings and traffic actually increased after the re-design which incorporated this. The site was doing well before the redesign as well.

For further peace of mind have a look at this previous Q&A -

http://www.seomoz.org/q/should-i-nofollow-the-links-in-the-drop-down-nav-menu

[NikolasNikolaou]

Google's guidelines and seomoz toolbar indicate that anything over 100 links is to much. But if you check out very well known sites , there internal linking structure is over 300 (take amazon for an example). That is 1 of over 200 factors for ranking. If its helpful for the user experience leave it , if its not get rid of it.