Getting too many links on Google search results, how do I fix?

[jason5454]

I'm a total newbie so I apologize for what I am sure is a dumb question — I recently followed Moz suggestions for increasing visibility on my site for a specific keyword by including that keyword in more verbose page descriptions for multiple pages.  This worked TOO well as now that keyword is bringing up too many results in Google for these different pages on my site . . . is there a way to compile them into one result with the subpages like for instance, the attached image for a search on Apple?  Do I need to change something in my robots.txt file to direct these to my main page?   Basically, I am a photographer and a search for my name now brings up each of my different photo gallery pages in multiple results, it's a little over the top.  Thanks for any and all help!

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[Carson-Ward]

You could simply remove your name from the pages The sitelink example from Apple is at Google's discretion. They usually only do it for sites with high authority or where they're sure of your intent and have identified an entity associated with your search.

I would not mess with your robots.txt. Just decide which pages you do or don't want to show up for your name. You could try something like {Type of photos) photos by {Your Name} for pages you DO want to show up.

Generally lots of search presence is great, so I wouldn't worry. You COULD de-optimize, but it seems unnecessary.