Indesign big size PDF because of links

Hi guys,
I did a PDF from InDesign. A 40 pg mostly text PDF which will result in the usual from 200Kb to 500 Kb max. Now this is the first time i am adding hyperlinks to go to a specific page and the final size goes as much as 1.2 Mb which is way too big for email. This is the Audit Space from Acrobat Pro 9, as you can see in this image.
how can i reduce the Link Annotations? i didn't know there where that big. I tried PDF Optimizer from Acrobat Pro but it does very little effect, just reduce 100 Kb from 1,2Mb.
Should i make the Hyperlinks with Acrobat Pro and not with InDesign? doesn't seem very rational.
Thanks for any help or ideas,
Sebs

Hi Peter, thanks for the fast reply. You were right about the links i have mistaken Bytes with Kilobytes then.
Nevertheless, 1.2 Mb for a 40 pages mostly text file is way too much. I have some Adobe Advertising PDF with small images very similar to mine and are a lot smaller in size. Maybe there is a better way to put together the structure and content.
I run PDF Optimizer with ALL settings on and the file reduces to 700 Kb which is OK. Nevertheless i haven't find out how to keep the hyperlinks on with all settings on. I specifically didn't touch bookmarks but the links are still off.
Do you have some setting for PDF Optimizer which is recommended? I wouldn't like to discard any important info an have problems later.
Steve: thanks for the good info too. I know that 1.2 Mb is considered small in nowadays broadband Internet. Anyhow the PDF is for 50/60 year old philosophers which Internet and File knowledge is very scare. I happy enough that the have emails...haha. I do have an account in Dropbox and i might try to teach them how to download the public link if i don't find another solution.
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