anchor text

This comes up constantly in SEO discussions and I still don't think there's a clean consensus. So I want to hear what people are actually seeing in practice, not what the SEO blogs are saying. The traditional advice was always keep your exact match anchor text low, maybe 1 to 3 percent of your...

Over-optimisation is still killing sites in 2025. I’ve seen too many people tank with exact match anchors. My mix: Branded Partial match Generic + naked URLs The profile looks natural, and rankings stay steady. What are your options?

Hey, Anchor text used to be one of the most powerful parts of off-page SEO. Exact match anchors, partial match, branded, naked — people used to spend hours planning this stuff. But in 2025, with all the Google updates, I'm starting to wonder... Is anchor text still a big ranking factor? Or is...

99% of SEOs overlook these backlink dynamics. After a year of experiments and dissecting real ranking shifts, I’ve gathered insights that go beyond the usual DR/DA talk — trends and patterns that could change how you approach link-building. Hidden Backlink Signals Google May Value: User...

I follow just 3 simple rules for every guest post I place: 1) Pick a relevant site 2) Use unique, helpful content 3) Make sure the anchor fits in naturally That’s it – no rocket science! This simple approach has worked for over 500+ sites till now. What about you? Got any personal rules or...

I want to target Korean keywords, but when I write anchor text in Korean, the content of the text is not natural because it is English, and when I write anchor text in English naturally, I think I can't rank the keywords I want. What opinions do you have on this?

Most people think SEO is just content, keywords, and backlinks. But it’s much more than that. Quality content + Freshness Keyword intent & Variations Core Web Vitals & E-E-A-T Semantic relevance & Internal links Mobile-first & Voice search Data-driven insights & Adapting to...

Guest posting can be an incredibly powerful SEO strategy — but only if you choose high-quality websites. The wrong choice can mean wasted effort, poor results, or even penalties. So how do you pick the right ones? I use a two-step approach, which I call “quantitative” and “qualitative”...

Hi, Looking for some suggestions as I haven't had to do this type of link building in a while and not sure what happened. Two domains about 2 years old, both ranking on page 5-10 for high value keywords Domains had around 50 RDs each I decided to building a lot of links to the homepages of...

Hello guys i want to ask about using a anchor text i see a sample like : Sample domain : https://patenhosting.com Sample main targeting keywords : best hosting i see a people using anchor text like this best hosting | https://patenhosting.com best hosting | patenhosting best hosting |...

Hello everyone, I have a casino affiliate website featuring the brand as my primary keyword for ranking. However, every time I post an article, it temporarily displaces my homepage in the main keyword ranking. I suspect the issue may be related to the anchor text for my brand being too low. Has...

Hi everyone, first post here. I have a list of 6,000 expired domains, all of which have backlinks. I need to parse the anchor texts of these links, but manually this is impossible. I need to do this in bulk. I need all the anchor texts in a spreadsheet so I can know which expired domains have...

If i am creating a lot of backlinks and using varying anchor text (emk/pmk/branded/generic) - this is my question.... How do i know if link juice is getting passed? What if no one clicks on the anchor text (backlink) to my other tiers/money site? Does link juice get passed even if there are no...

Hello everyone, I've been using "HARO" for my backlinking campaign, and so far it's been going well. I've acquired multiple backlinks to my homepage with "the same anchor text", which is my website's name. So my question is: if I keep using the same anchor text for all those acquired...

Good evening everyone, I was wondering, when I set up the PBNs, what anchor text do I select for the link to the money site? Will this anchor text effect the ranking for a keyword associated with the anchor text or no?

I heard few times that it is not a good idea to use the word "services" within your anchor text. Can you guys please share your thoughts on this? If we are building a link for a service based website, should we avoid using the word "services" as anchor text while doing link building?

2 months ago, a new niche site of mine with a better ranking lost a lot of keyword rankings, and the rankings of some keywords dropped drastically. (before a large number of keywords of this website are ranked on Google page 2 ) I contacted the PBN service provider more than 2 weeks ago and...

Hey guys, I have a question regarding a surrounding text around backlinks (both internal and external links). Let's imagine I try to rank for 'Wеb Dеsign Аgencу' and I need to choose a text that will surround my backlink from '5 wеb dеsign tips' article. Here are two examples of surrounding...

Hi all, I've got some blog posts that have a lot of links pointing back to them and I want to link to other internal pages from these particular blog posts. The problem is, anchor text. It doesn't fit into the post naturally. I just want to pass link juice to other internal pages. Is this an...

Hi All, Having one doubt, not sure what to do. I was checking my GSC backlinks report. From there i found one website based on our niche and they copied whole content from our website, even they didnt change the link also :D . On my website i have inter link one to other page, they kept same...