Does Google count keywords that are links?

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If an article keyword, say "dog walking", is included in LINKS in the article content, does Google (and Yahoo and Microsoft) count it just like any other words? Or give it more or less significance?

So say you're an affiliate of a dog walking service, and you want to drive traffic to them by having the phrase "dog walking" be a hypertext link to their landing page. So you create a few articles on your site, and every time they use the keyword "dog walking", you make it link to their landing page.

On your article site, would Google treat this phrase just like any other text for purposes of search? Or does it weight it more because it's a link? Less?
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  • Profile picture of the author Bruce Hearder
    Hi Kevin

    The links will counts, but they will have less value than link shosted on other websites.

    They are devalued, becuase they are on the same IP address as the landing page.

    The more diverse your range of IP address that hold your links, the better they will help you rank.

    Hope this helps

    Bruce
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  • Profile picture of the author kkchoon
    Diversify IP and Domains will give you more link juice, as well as the page rank and domain page rank!
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  • Profile picture of the author jazbo
    I think the OP's question was actually nothing to do with IP diversity? I read it as he wants to know of link anchor text carries more weight?

    It does not weight text or links as such. It deteremines onpage topic relevance from the overall text on the page, links and all. Links with relevant anchor text, on pages with relevant content, that link to relevant content, contain higher relevancy - and will obviously help you to rank higher.

    I would suggest a good old read through a google search for "on page optimization".
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  • Profile picture of the author jasonmorgan
    good question.

    I've often wondered about that myself.

    Now, what about the 'title' attribute of anchor text?
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  • Profile picture of the author sanjid112
    Adding something (using character calculator tools):
    • Google counted 8 words in the anchor text link out of a possible 50.
    • After the 8th word, it seemed to be ignored.
    • 8 words x 6 chars = 48 chars + 7 spaces = 55 Chars.
    But, I don't know yet if it precise and accurate. Just try to figure something.
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