Do you think link building is now - URL focused?
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dekadent30
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People still use anchor text and spam to rank. I saw website in top3 for keyword - instagram likes - ranked with pure spam, almost all backlinks with anchor text
aidenhera
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has anyone checked if we really can have more branded anchors (without .TLD) without facing overoptimization? because if its "domain.TLD" format then its fine, but what if its without TLD and we have like 40% anchor ratio?
Black&WhiteLinks
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URL focused anchor is Good Choice to promote your site in SERP results more better but you want to focus both of your URL (40%) and keywords (60%) Naturally
ThopHayt
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I can't believe my ears, some of you think that you should linkbuild but go 100% raw anchor??? That's not natural looking either, folks. The exact mix will deffer from niche to niche, but the game will ALWAYS be a mix because that is how REAL earned links are. Not every editor who writes a blog will post the full URL. You need raw URL, URL variations, keywords, LSI, brand terms, and even generic keywords in some cases.
The day Google slaps every site that has keyword anchors is the day before they stop using backlinks as a metric.
-ThopHayt
The day Google slaps every site that has keyword anchors is the day before they stop using backlinks as a metric.
-ThopHayt
patriotnews
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It is all niche related.
I have a niche, where 90% branded is perfectly normal, since some of the big players have been around for decades(were paper magazines before the internet), so people know them and cite like that. Do that in a different niche and you'll look ridiculous.
In most any other niche I am in, I ignore all "rules", like 40% this, 32.5% that... I just use what feels best. Like if it is in a post, would it be better to is the naked link, branded, or some linked word(may not even be the keyword I want: post is focusing on fertilized dirt, I may link soil). Just keep it as natural as possible, in the end, the goal is to get the google bot to your site, then let Google work their google-fu to figure out what my post is about.
I have a niche, where 90% branded is perfectly normal, since some of the big players have been around for decades(were paper magazines before the internet), so people know them and cite like that. Do that in a different niche and you'll look ridiculous.
In most any other niche I am in, I ignore all "rules", like 40% this, 32.5% that... I just use what feels best. Like if it is in a post, would it be better to is the naked link, branded, or some linked word(may not even be the keyword I want: post is focusing on fertilized dirt, I may link soil). Just keep it as natural as possible, in the end, the goal is to get the google bot to your site, then let Google work their google-fu to figure out what my post is about.
Initial Effort
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You still have to go with the practice of diversifying your anchors. Do lots of variations (something like 20% main keyword, 50% domain (raw urls and variations), 20% brand, 10% generic like click here, visit site etc)
xplosiv
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I've also found that having the main keyword (or very close lsi) in the actual Url linking to your page holds a lot more weight than a page without. As for anchors I usually just try to find every possible variation and use them all, then place a generic or brand for every f ew of them I create. Seems to work great. If you go too far into this shit you will get fucked up haha