PDF Optimizer Inconsistent

I am running Acrobat 8 Professional on a Mac with Snow Leopard. I am trying to reduce a 48 MB pdf (every page is an image).
I am getting inconstant results when trying to reduce the file size.
I added a few links to some of the pages, then use PDF Optimizer (adjusting the image setttings to low) and got an 8 MB file (with the links embeded), which I was quite happy with.
I then realized there were a couple more links needed, so I added them into the original PDF and used the same settings but the size was 37 MB. I have messed around for an hour or two, redoing the settings, making copies of the document, restarting the computer, but I cannot get the size below 37 MB.
Any ideas? Can someone help out?

First make a backup copy, and use the backup.
open PDF Optimizer click on the following:
try the second item as I have shown and save.
Also, If the file is meant for view on the web no image should be larger than 150 DPI. set compression to the smallest you can get by with and have good looking Images. usually medium is good enough for the web/

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