Recommended number of links on a single page to a different domain?

[LoweProfero-AU]

Hello fine SEOMOZ people,

I have looked around and hope I have not missed an answer to this.

The big picture: I know that when multiple links on a page point to the same external page, only the first link is considered for ranking purposes (at least for moz rank). What about multiple links on a page to (different) pages on the same external domain?

The task: Using a client's network of sites to help build links (and advertise features) to the site they need optimised. The emphasis is on the usefulness of the info the the respective site's user but I am using the opportunity to create some meaningful anchor text links.The target site is feature rich and I could conceivavbly link to all the key site features (top level pages).

However, my SEO spidey senses flagged the possibility that a few links on a page to the target domain (though to different pages on that domain), may carry more weight than many links on the page.

I am talking about whether I can go ahead and put 10-15 links on a page to the key site features or whether I am (significantly) better off just selecting 2-5 key target feature pages and using other domains to link to the other features.

Caveat: I think I am aware of all the peripheral concerns - not duplicating the page on other sites, varying the anchor text, not implementing the links all at once etc, etc..

Am I overthinking this?

[JamesNorquay]

I think if you are having 10 links to external sites on the one site if they are all related companies it should not be that bad.

I would aim to have internal links on the main website first, and then externals coming second but.

Other areas such as varied anchors and dup content you seem to be on top of already

But in the end of the day the more links on page you have the less value internal pages will have.