Simple question: My target keyphrase is "dog training"

I'd suggest adding a letter or number at the end of d domain (e.g dogtraining247.com, dogtraining365.com, dogtraining360.com, dogtrainingx.com, dogtrainingetc.com etc).
Hope dat helps?

I don't think it would do too much harm. Why are you adding 'New Zealand' though to your anchor text if you are only targeting 'dog training'?

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personally i dont think "dog training" is a good kw. the kw is too competitive. it will take lot of your time and resources. my recommendation, find a far less competitive "long tail kw". it will be much easier to dominate.

pm me if you need any help in find the kw.

In theory: yes, it helps you rank for the shorter-tail keyword, but because the competition for "dog training" is so stiff, you will probably not see any difference in rankings.

If you want to rank for "dog training", then leave off "New Zealand" when creating your anchor text backlinks.

anchor text for dog training?
yes dog training new zealand is ok

dog training alone is good but I would concentrate 80 percent of the links on "dog training" anchor text, then the rest is a variation of that and add click here, www.yoursite.com etc etc etc

but if you want to target just dog training
that would be the main focus of your anchor text coming in

There are a couple of things to keep in mind here.

Firstly, when you're searching in any particular geographical area, sites from that area will be given preferential treatment by Google... to a point.

However, some international sites WILL leak through. In fact, in a particularly popular niche, you may even get the foreign sites to completely dominate the ranks of your local Google, unless you specifically tell Google about your area.

This said, if you do half-decent SEO on your site, it will take you LESS effort to beat those foreign sites in YOUR AREA, as far as the general keyword goes. And if you do really great SEO, you too will eventually show up on "all" regional Google engines, i.e. ultimately - internationally.

Next: a keyword like "dog training" is a broad/general keyword, suitable as a "goal" for content sites with long-term plans and willing to apply a broad keyword domination strategy. You won't conquer it easily, but with a good plan you most certainly can - over time. Meanwhile, however, you'll need to start with a much more narrow version of it. For example keyword+location is an example of a more narrow version. But, in fact, there's actually a bit more to it all than that.

Your keyword set is, in fact, HUGE in the dog niche. Many thousands of potentially very profitable keywords. Plenty of pickings, if you're careful and determined. You might make a very decent business out of conquering the "small" keywords without ever reaching the big one!

So, you need to research your entire keyword set systematically, and then "build" your keyword presence from the ground up. "Ground" being easiest keywords first. As you launch your keyword-rich articles, make sure to monitor your ranks daily to see how soon Google will start ranking you and how high. If you do decent on-page optimization, you should be showing up faster and faster, as time progresses and you will be able to raise the bar (difficulty of keyword) quite rapidly.

I can, typically, rank on the REAL heavy competition keywords (on the level of your 'dog training') within 2-3 months, as long as I take care to develop the whole semantic environment and trust rank on a daily basis, say 1 page/article per day, or so. Of course, this depends on the niche as in some niches it may take a wee bit longer while in others much quicker.

Hope this helps
paul

Are you targeting a New Zealand market or overseas market?

If New Zealand, do you have a .co.nz domain? Is your server hosted in NZ?

If so, then I would directly target your primary keyword in the anchor text.