The focus is usually on anchor text, in regards to obtaining bartered or paid links. A webmaster will immediately ask for their top keyword to be linked to the homepage. Also, a secondary keyword will be requested to be linked to its corresponding internal optimized landing page. And wisely, so. It is industry standard to wish to rank higher for that keyword. The end result desired is getting links with that keyword!
But to link-buying savvy webmasters, that should only be done most or half of the time. What else should you use? Mainly your URL, because this is a completely natural term to link. Natural links nearly always link from anchor text that starts with "www". If Suzy Blogger were writing about this fantastic site she found that has every type of bicycle seat cover ever made in every fabric and color and size, she is likely not going to link "bicycle seat covers"; she going to say "I found this great site www.bicycleseatcovers.com and I love their selection of seat covers" This is natural. Also you can link your business name sometimes. I know (I hope) you already rank #1 for your actual business name, but you are really just trying to add credibility to your link profile with this tactic.
You will not want to show a spike of artificial links, if you are stepping over Googl's boundaries. The best application of this would be when you are obtaining large amounts of lower quality links, such as blog articles. Make sure you mix up the anchor text. Your site will be helped overall by the quantity of incoming links, more than worrying about exact anchor text. Keep it real, by throwing out a few logical site mentions or specific product mentions.
Imagine the handful of truly natural (unpaid) great high PR links you have gotten, just by being a great site, or your business connections. Perhaps you spoke at a high profile convention and that site gave you a link. Or maybe you are a supplier of a national brand that listed you on their site. Which words are linked? "Cheap socks" would surely not be typed in on the seminar's agenda. Your company name would be the link. You are sure to know that you are accumulating authority from that PR7 link, no matter the anchor text. All are incoming links, all are of worth in the large picture. Natural links will keep you safe, while offering long term rewards. - 15790
But to link-buying savvy webmasters, that should only be done most or half of the time. What else should you use? Mainly your URL, because this is a completely natural term to link. Natural links nearly always link from anchor text that starts with "www". If Suzy Blogger were writing about this fantastic site she found that has every type of bicycle seat cover ever made in every fabric and color and size, she is likely not going to link "bicycle seat covers"; she going to say "I found this great site www.bicycleseatcovers.com and I love their selection of seat covers" This is natural. Also you can link your business name sometimes. I know (I hope) you already rank #1 for your actual business name, but you are really just trying to add credibility to your link profile with this tactic.
You will not want to show a spike of artificial links, if you are stepping over Googl's boundaries. The best application of this would be when you are obtaining large amounts of lower quality links, such as blog articles. Make sure you mix up the anchor text. Your site will be helped overall by the quantity of incoming links, more than worrying about exact anchor text. Keep it real, by throwing out a few logical site mentions or specific product mentions.
Imagine the handful of truly natural (unpaid) great high PR links you have gotten, just by being a great site, or your business connections. Perhaps you spoke at a high profile convention and that site gave you a link. Or maybe you are a supplier of a national brand that listed you on their site. Which words are linked? "Cheap socks" would surely not be typed in on the seminar's agenda. Your company name would be the link. You are sure to know that you are accumulating authority from that PR7 link, no matter the anchor text. All are incoming links, all are of worth in the large picture. Natural links will keep you safe, while offering long term rewards. - 15790
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Julie Johnson of Edutextlink.com is a link building authority and will help with determining the best possible strategy for use of their edu links. Their text links are in content, on .edu sites, and under the radar links.