Too many links on the same page

[clickit2getwithit]

I have a problem with to many links on the same page, and there all for the classified adds of my web site, what would be the best way to handle this.

[BrianJGomez]

can you give a little more info? are you trying to do something like craigslist?

[kadesmith]

If there are too many, the best way to handle this would be to reduce them.

Seriously though, we need more info.  Can you group them in any way?

[clickit2getwithit]

it a classifieds area that came with a dating script, it's there for my users,  so they can buy and sell items to each other. I really don't want to eliminate it, I think it would be nice for them to have the option. I also heard of stopping the crawlers and spiders from looking at them. would this be a good option if so how would I go about doing that. and would it effect my ranking.

[clickit2getwithit]

it a classifieds area that came with a dating script, it's there for my users,  so they can buy and sell items to each other. I really don't want to eliminate it, I think it would be nice for them to have the option. I also heard of stopping the crawlers and spiders from looking at them. would this be a good option if so how would I go about doing that. and would it effect my ranking.

[kadesmith]

So just a quick fyi, when you responded to my question, everyone else can see it.  You don't have to put it under each response.

If it is really beneficial to your users, DO NOT eliminate it.

As far as stopping the crawlers from seeing it, that may be worth a try to see if it helps or not.  That is done using a robots.txt file.

If I were you before I blocked those pages with the robots.txt file, I would want to be 100% positive that all those number of links were having a negative effect on your site and that they aren't just being ignored.

Take a look at this article: http://www.seomoz.org/blog/how-many-links-is-too-many  it is a little old, but still very relevant in your situation.