About Anchor text

[firescorpz]

Hi,

For Anchor, must it necessary contain my keyword?
I am asking because I feel that if I want someone to click on the link to my website, I have to use some "interesting phrase"

However the phrase is not part of my keywords, does it hurt my SEO work?

[firescorpz]

Originally Posted by kiranraj19

It is better to have a keyword in the anchor tag. because it will help you to get ranking for that certain keyword

Does that means if I want my keyword to get rank, I got to put the keyword on the anchor text. This mean I have to create lot of different anchor text if I have a list of hundred keyword

[nicktyler]

Use the most important KW's as your anchor text and yes if you have 100 important kw's you have to create alot of links with alot of different anchor text.

[myseoclub]

Hi

The point is to have the keyword in your anchor text so if you don't it is a total waste of an article, press release etc.

[linkassistant]

If we speak about backlinks, they are mostly created to improve rankings, not to make users "click on the link to your website". Consequently, it's better to include keywords into anchors in this case.

In case of internal links, it's better to have a healthy mix of keyword-optimized anchors and natural ones, which improve user experience.

[firescorpz]

So I would say my signature here is doing wrongly as my keywords does not include hot n sexy body?

[strategic seo services]

Originally Posted by firescorpz

Hi,

For Anchor, must it necessary contain my keyword?
I am asking because I feel that if I want someone to click on the link to my website, I have to use some "interesting phrase"

However the phrase is not part of my keywords, does it hurt my SEO work?

The anchor text should be your targeted keyword. It will not hurt your ranking if you use a different keyword, but if you want to rank for a specific keyword, then that one should be used as the anchor.

[penpal6]

Using the anchor text as your targeted keyword boost your ranking.

[TBInternetMarketing]

Yes it is vital to have some of your anchor text with your keyword. This is googles main way of determining what a site is about. Mix it up though.

[esdavis]

Originally Posted by linkassistant

In case of internal links, it's better to have a healthy mix of keyword-optimized anchors and natural ones, which improve user experience.

A nice mix of variations on primary anchor text will make your link profile look more natural, as most all of us know. But it will also give you a little boost in rankings for the long-tail if you give the search engines different anchor texts.

Primary should still be first, but mixing it up a little, esp on internal links, strengthens the rankings on target pages and helps make your content more natural, too.

[gamingmaster42]

There are two types of links:
1) For SERP purposes
2) For traffic
For the first one - your anchor text should include your keyword.
For the second - you can put any text.

[WilliamBLee]

Mostly Web master prefer anchor text with keyword but some cases authentic site not allow keyword based linking. I always prefers nick back links because I am sure website owner will not remove my link.

[seoservicesaustralia]

Originally Posted by strategic seo services

The anchor text should be your targeted keyword. It will not hurt your ranking if you use a different keyword, but if you want to rank for a specific keyword, then that one should be used as the anchor.

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