Changing anchor text of backlink = red flag ?

Yuna Braska

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Hello,

In your opinion, if we change anchor text of a backlink, it's a red flag for Google ?
And if we change both url and anchor ?

Thanks

 

Yuna Braska

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• #2

No one ?

 

starki

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Done this (changed anchor/changed anchor and URL) multiple times without any problems, but certainly depends on the number of links/anchors changing. So, don't try to change a bunch at the same time, certainly rises a red flag and looks unnatural.

 

Hay700

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Ya ive done this before. Probably not worth the risk though.

 

ContentWriter

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Here's a tip in changing the anchor text that won't raise a red flag from Google: placing the new anchor within a different part of the article. This makes it new in Google’s eyes.

Leah

 

Yuna Braska

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Okay thanks all.

 

don chino

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Sometimes you need to change anchors or URL and there's usually nothing bad about it. Just don't do it to lots of links at the same time. Keep changing them over days and you're fine. Or like the above comment, make some links new in the article, and change others.