Has Anyone Tried Not Sending Backlinks With Anchored Targeted Keyword?

[DynoMutt]

I know this question sounds silly, but here's why I'm asking...

I have an anchored text hyperlink on my home pageof my primary keyword (which links to the home page), and I've done the same thing for a secondary keyword. Also on the front page are anchored text hyperlinks to some longtail keywords I'm trying to rank for which link to their respective pages.

I've been sending anchored text backlinks for the primary keyword to my homepage. My site is moving up in rankings, but it dances, which I know is nothing new. However, the keywords that I'm not sending backlinks to never dance in rankings. They steadily move up (closer to the front page).

I was wondering if I could get it to stop dancing by not sending these backlinks for my primary keyword, and instead choose another I'm not trying to rank for. These backlinks appear powerful enough as 7 - 10 of them (with little effort to create them) causes my page to move.

[DynoMutt]

Ok, I hate to respond to a thread of mine if it didn't receive any responses. But since I tried something new and had good results, I thought I'd share. I'm not trying to spread a myth or anything, this is just my observation.

As of lately I've been sending backlinks solely with Blog Blueprint with the anchor text of the primary keyword I'm trying to rank for. I tried to send 20/day which is the limit. But I saw my site moving back for that keyword, from #58, to #59, to eventually being in the 70s. I danced before with Google, but something told me this was no dance.

For the other keywords, the secondary keyword and the longtail keywords, they actually did well. Moving up in the search results. No direct backlinking done for those keywords.

I decided to send a backlink using another keyword, one I have no intention to rank for, and now I'm moving up in the search engine for my primary keyword. I jumped up 10 spots. I continued to move up for my secondary keyword and 5 longtail keywords.

I should note that on my home page, I have 7 anchored text links: one for my primary keyword and one for my secondary keyword. Both of which point to my homepage. Plus I have 5 links pointing to the pages for my longtail keywords.

Did Google detect a pattern that was similar to those of spammed links?

I think I'm going to continue to send backlinks for keywords I don't care to rank for, and allow those 7 keywords to capture the SEO juice, without moving up and down in ranking.

[dp40oz]

Just sounds like a google dance or peoples misconception of the sandbox. The reason your site moved back up is because you kept building links, changing the anchor text probably made it a bit faster in its movement but all and all its just about building links.

What people don't understand is you can throw 10,000 links in 1 day at a brand new website all with the same anchor text. Your site will plummet. Then people cry my sites been sandboxed. Not realizing that all those links will still count positively its just gonna sit really low in the search for a while. Keep building links then 1 day BAM! Your site is first page. All of this isnt a penalty its just a way for Google to hide their algorithm. Ive done this time and time again with great results. If you can stomach the initial ranking loss its a great way to pound links.

[Derek S]

I stick with my main keyword for 90%+ of my backlinks. In the latest seomoz report it was interesting to notice that sites who added "click here" as anchor text also noted a boost in rankings. Makes sense as "click here" will seem more natural than every site out there linking to one word lol...

Still I would focus on your main keyword first and then longer tails second so long as your long tail keywords all have your main keyword in it. "Dog Training" as the main - "Dog Training Guide" as the secondary.

[mattlaclear]

Non anchor text links are essential if you want to make your backlink campaign look natural to the crawlers. How many referrers do you think use anchor text?

[DynoMutt]

Thank you guys for the additional responses. I'll try to change my tactics up a bit, though I'll still use the anchor text from time to time.

[kiranraj19]

Backlinks with anchor tag helps to get quality backlinks & helps in getting ranking on the search engines

[heliumcreative]

It is great topic for the discussion.