High Number of External Outlinks

What This Means

This page contains a significantly higher number of outbound links to external domains than is typical for the site. The platform flags pages that substantially exceed the average external outlink count.

Why It Matters for SEO

A high external outlink count is a notice rather than a warning because it is not inherently problematic. Resource pages, directories, and curated link lists legitimately have many external links. However, in page types where a high external link count is unexpected, it may indicate: paid links that have not been nofollowed, thin pages that consist primarily of outbound links, or aggregated content with excessive outbound references.

What the Platform Checks

Counts all followed external outlinks per page. Fires when the count significantly exceeds the site average for the page's inferred type.

How to Fix It

• Review whether all external links on the page are genuinely useful and editorially placed.
• Remove any external links that are not relevant to the page's topic.
• For paid or sponsored external links: ensure they carry rel="nofollow" or rel="sponsored".
• For resource pages with intentionally many external links: this notice can be reviewed and accepted as appropriate for the page type.