Exact anchor text question

ImranKhan1989 · Dec 26, 2015

Hi BHW members,

It's always suggested that we should use exact anchor text 1% or less than 1% in whole link profile.

Now for example if I've 300 links and I want to use exact anchor text in link,so can I make 3 links from the same anchor text or I've to use exact,partial,LSI or long tail KWs along with exact?

Thanks!

jamesjk1 · Dec 26, 2015

If you want to play it safe then yes, you are correct. I would say ~5% exact match anchors should be OK with the remainder made up of brand, raw URL, generic and LSI variations. I've seen anchor profiles with exact match anchors at 30%+, but how long those sites stick around is anyone's guess. Remember, it's also relative to the number of links you build - i.e. if you had 5 links, 2 out of the 5 (33%) wouldn't look too suspicious with exact match anchors. Extrapolate that out to 250 links however and you would almost certainly run into some problems.

Ambitious12 · Dec 26, 2015

See what I suggest people:
50% Anchor Texts
30% Long Tails
20% Generic Keywords

ImranKhan1989 · Dec 26, 2015

Ambitious12 said:
See what I suggest people:
50% Anchor Texts
30% Long Tails
20% Generic Keywords

50% Anchor Texts? 50% Anchor Texts or 50% brand Anchor Texts?

charliebrooker · Dec 26, 2015

Personally I would keep the exact match ones very low yes, but do plenty of related term links, but always 75% branded/naked or generic.

asap1 · Dec 26, 2015

I like to use about 2%-5% exact anchors but you can use up to 10% and still be safe I see it all the time.

So don't panic if you go over 5%

sergey007 · Dec 26, 2015

Usually, I use 10% exact match anchor text and am ranking good in Google.

DJPaulyD · Dec 26, 2015

I also aim for 10%

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