Question about anchor text backlinks...

[kaseyp]

If you want to rank for two or more keywords for example "legitimate work at home" and "work at home internet business" could you combine the two phrases to make one anchor text link "legitimate work at home internet business" and get link juice for both of the above terms. Or does it only give you link juice for the entire keyword phrase?

I also wanted to know if your writing articles to get backlinks to rank your website, and you have an an anchor text link with the keyword you want to rank for, does it really matter how keyword rich the article is? I would think that google would look at the link the same way it looks at blog comments. The content doesn't have to be very keyword rich or even have relevant content to give off good link juice. I think having keyword rich content is more important if you want to rank the article itself.

[NicoleBeckett]

Your anchor text isn't all or nothing, so if you use the anchor text "legitimate work at home internet business", you'll get link juice for both.

As for your articles, the goal is to integrate your keywords naturally. They need to be in there frequently enough so that the search engines know what you're trying to rank for, but you also can't stuff them in, either. Remember, you want your articles to flow naturally to both readers and search engines. And, the search engines themselves freely admit that you should focus on readers first and search engines second.

But remember, there is more to it than just inserting keywords properly. Good articles build links through syndication (or, people who re-publish your article on their own websites with your link attached). In fact, syndication is where the real "meat" of article marketing is. The link you get from submitting your article to a directory has nothing on the links you can get through syndication. If you're publishing quality stuff, one article can fetch you dozens of links.

[John Williamson]

Originally Posted by kaseyp

If you want to rank for two or more keywords for example "legitimate work at home" and "work at home internet business" could you combine the two phrases to make one anchor text link "legitimate work at home internet business" and get link juice for both of the above terms. Or does it only give you link juice for the entire keyword phrase?

I also wanted to know if your writing articles to get backlinks to rank your website, and you have an an anchor text link with the keyword you want to rank for, does it really matter how keyword rich the article is? I would think that google would look at the link the same way it looks at blog comments. The content doesn't have to be very keyword rich or even have relevant content to give off good link juice. I think having keyword rich content is more important if you want to rank the article itself.

No, don't 'combine' anchor texts. Make your anchor text(s) the exact keyword phrase(s) you want to rank for.

[frogman]

As John said, anchor what you want to rank for.
And repeat.
It's not like you're only going to drop a couple links, right?

[kaseyp]

I'm still not sure what to think. Originally, I thought you had to use the exact keyword. The reason why I'm questioning this is because of a recent article writing, spinning, and submitting gig I purchased.

At first I was disappointed as the article was poorly written, and had none of the keywords in the article. But the article had the anchor text link "legitimate work at home internet business" even though I wanted to rank for the two separate terms. To my great surprise after the submission my ranking went up from page five to the top of page two for the keyword "work at home internet business". I had done some other backlinking before this, but it had been about two weeks since I had done it, so I can't imagine that being the reason for my rank increase.

[mianriz]

If you combine two phrase then it become new keyword which weight will divided and its not work for your two keywords. as you stated below. I recommend you work for both individual

"legitimate work at home" and "work at home internet business" could you combine the two phrases to make one anchor text link "legitimate work at home internet business" and get link juice for both of the above terms. Or does it only give you link juice for the entire keyword phrase?

[NicoleBeckett]

Originally Posted by kaseyp

I'm still not sure what to think. Originally, I thought you had to use the exact keyword.

Yes, you have to use the exact keyword. However, a long-tailed keyword might have other exact keywords inside of it. In fact, most of them do.

Using an example from my niche, if I use the anchor text "seo content writing", it's helping me rank for that exact keyword. It's also helping me rank for "seo content" and "content writing". It's also helping me rank for "seo" and "content".

See how it works?

[JamesGw]

Here's what I'd probably use for anchor text:

Legitimate work at home: 20%
Work at home internet business: 20%
Work at home: 20%
Online home business: 5%
Make money online at home: 5%
Legitimate work at home internet business: 5%

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Click here: 5%
www.yourwebsite.com: 10%
Learn more: 5%
My website: 5%

[kaseyp]

Originally Posted by NicoleBeckett

Yes, you have to use the exact keyword. However, a long-tailed keyword might have other exact keywords inside of it. In fact, most of them do.

Using an example from my niche, if I use the anchor text "seo content writing", it's helping me rank for that exact keyword. It's also helping me rank for "seo content" and "content writing". It's also helping me rank for "seo" and "content".

See how it works?

I think your right. i looked up my ranking for a few different keyword variations. I'm on page 3 for "legitimate work at home" and "legitimate internet home business". I haven't built any exact anchor text links for "legitimate internet home business". And when I say "exact" I mean just that phrase.

I'm wondering if using "legitimate work at home internet business" anchor text would even help me rank for "legitimate internet business" and "legitimate home business". I'm going to test this out and see what happens.