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How many words can a anchor text have/help plz

by nest28
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i normally use 2 or 3 words in my anchor text but i was looking at my google analytics to see what people type in to get to my site and some of the phrases were 4 and 5 words long so just to switch things up a bit i wanted to include these in my anchor text but i wasn't sure if that was a good idea.

So i just wanted to know whats the general guidelines on how long anchor text should be.
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  • Profile picture of the author Buyseech
    I believe that most article directories and places wher you can leave your resource box have a 5 word maximum.

    Those were my observations.

    Sincerely, Buyseech
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  • Profile picture of the author jhonsean
    Usually visitors in the market are always into 2 to 3 words onwards to search for their desired site my advice is to have your keywords more specific and easy to familiarize. hope this helps.
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    • Profile picture of the author nest28
      Originally Posted by Buyseech View Post

      I believe that most article directories and places wher you can leave your resource box have a 5 word maximum.

      Those were my observations.

      Sincerely, Buyseech
      yea i know enzine articles only allow 3 words i think, or 4 if your article is longer than 500 words but right now i'm building profile links so i guess i can get away with having 4 words, but i spin my anchor text a lot goin from 2 to 3 to 4 so i should be good. thanx for your input.

      Originally Posted by jhonsean View Post

      Usually visitors in the market are always into 2 to 3 words onwards to search for their desired site my advice is to have your keywords more specific and easy to familiarize. hope this helps.
      most of my anchor text is a exact match phrase for what i am trying to rank for but i thought having anchor text that was longer might help me rank for more terms.

      ex: if my site was getridofacme.com maybe my anchor text would say fight acme, but i was thinking about having a anchor text say (how can i cure my acme) because this is a term someone may type in.

      thanx for your help.
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  • Profile picture of the author Leahbutler
    Use Google Keyword Tool and see if you can find some less competitive and popular keywords that people see, that would be short. You can use up to 5 keywords, but people tend to use shorter words for their searches. So my advice is to research keywords for your niche and find the easiest ones (big popularity and low competition)
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    • Profile picture of the author nest28
      Originally Posted by Leahbutler View Post

      Use Google Keyword Tool and see if you can find some less competitive and popular keywords that people see, that would be short. You can use up to 5 keywords, but people tend to use shorter words for their searches. So my advice is to research keywords for your niche and find the easiest ones (big popularity and low competition)
      yes i going to do that rite now thank you,
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  • Profile picture of the author socialbookmark
    Usually optimizing for longer keywords is easier than general ones. But it depends on the traffic they can bring for your website. If number of their searches is near, choose the longer keywords and as i said, you can rank high for it by choosing it. But if the difference between amount of their search is high, you don't have any other choice and you should use that three words term.
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