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New anchor text rules? What is BAD or GOOD [2015]

by Blakos
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As far as I am aware links like Top 10 'Keyword Here' Ever are not acceptable when used with an out-bound link. Am I wrong? Can someone explain it in detail?

Would doing this below ever be unnatural? (link example)

Top 10 'Keyword Here' Ever[?]

Just like wiki's do? Or should I go another way about it? It is just hard now to link in a way the user knows what they're clicking.

Can someone please explain what is GOOD and what is BAD with a few types of link examples?
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  • Profile picture of the author MikeFriedman
    Whoever told you that you could not use keywords in your anchors has no idea what they are doing.

    Those kind of links are fine.
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    • Profile picture of the author Blakos
      Originally Posted by MikeFriedman View Post

      Whoever told you that you could not use keywords in your anchors has no idea what they are doing.

      Those kind of links are fine.
      I mean from your site to another. Isn't there a keyword rich anchor text change? Making them useless/harmful now?

      EDIT: https://expresswriters.com/keyword-r...l-seo-content/
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      • Profile picture of the author MikeFriedman
        Originally Posted by Blakos View Post

        I mean from your site to another. Isn't there a keyword rich anchor text change? Making them useless/harmful now?

        EDIT: https://expresswriters.com/keyword-r...l-seo-content/
        The author of that article has no clue what she is talking about. Ignore everything she says about anchor text.
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        • Profile picture of the author Blakos
          Originally Posted by dmadnani View Post

          Rule of thumb is to keep your anchors as natural and editorial as possible.
          All I hear is that...some of us need "visual" examples...



          Originally Posted by MikeFriedman View Post

          The author of that article has no clue what she is talking about. Ignore everything she says about anchor text.
          I have seen many others, do a Google search.
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          • Profile picture of the author MikeFriedman
            Originally Posted by Blakos View Post

            I have seen many others, do a Google search.
            And they are all idiots.
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            • Profile picture of the author Blakos
              Originally Posted by MikeFriedman View Post

              And they are all idiots.
              Ok then, explain why, in detail.
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              • Profile picture of the author MikeFriedman
                Originally Posted by Blakos View Post

                Ok then, explain why, in detail.
                There is nothing wrong with using keywords in the anchor text of your links.

                Just investigate sites in the SERPs and you can see for yourself.

                I rank sites all the time using almost nothing but keyword rich anchors.
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                • Profile picture of the author Blakos
                  Originally Posted by MikeFriedman View Post

                  There is nothing wrong with using keywords in the anchor text of your links.

                  Just investigate sites in the SERPs and you can see for yourself.

                  I rank sites all the time using almost nothing but keyword rich anchors.
                  Can you show me examples of some good and bad links please?
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                  • Profile picture of the author dmadnani
                    Originally Posted by Blakos View Post

                    Can you show me examples of some good and bad links please?
                    "buy cigars" = Exact Match Anchor

                    "here's a site where I bought my Cohiba cigar" = Natural Editorial Anchor

                    What Mike is saying is that both are perfectly fine to use in context.

                    You just don't need to go crazy on either one.
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                    • Profile picture of the author Blakos
                      Originally Posted by dmadnani View Post

                      "buy cigars" = Exact Match Anchor

                      "here's a site where I bought my Cohiba cigar" = Natural Editorial Anchor

                      What Mike is saying is that both are perfectly fine to use in context.

                      You just don't need to go crazy on either one.
                      Thank you very much for an instant response. I thought either Exact Match Anchor is now bad or at least will be in the future but I can now see how that is wrong as both those links are as natural as they get. Thanks again.
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  • Profile picture of the author dmadnani
    Rule of thumb is to keep your anchors as natural and editorial as possible.

    That being said, exact match anchors are still working and they will be for a long time. Just don't overdo em.

    Take a look at the sites ranking top 10 for your target keywords and check out their exact match percentage.
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