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How effective is anchorless URLs?

by ViserExcizer
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Hello, i'm new here, and would really appreciate it if anyone can shed some light on this issue. I've created my new site and am looking at article writing and press release submission for marketing, but some sites do not allow anchor links, so instead, i can only fit in text urls to my website like

Code:
http://www.domain.com
and not
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<a href="http://www.domain.com"> www.domain.com </a>
So my question is, is the plain text url without anchor effective at all for SEO? and does google consider it important, even just a wee bit?

Thanks in advance!
#anchorless #effective #urls
  • Profile picture of the author dburk
    Hi ViserExcizer,

    No SEO benefit, the only benefit you get is from type-in traffic which bypasses the search engines. Some article directories will automatically hotlink your plain-text URL. If they don't let you have a hotlink, move on to other directories.
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    • Profile picture of the author Jeremy Banks
      Originally Posted by dburk View Post

      Hi ViserExcizer,

      No SEO benefit, the only benefit you get is from type-in traffic which bypasses the search engines. Some article directories will automatically hotlink your plain-text URL. If they don't let you have a hotlink, move on to other directories.
      disagree.

      There is great SEO benefit to also getting naked links, it helps boost your PR and also makes your link building look more natural.

      When getting a naked link try to put your desired keywords before or after the link as google will grab the text around the link and that will count towards your rankings because it tells google what the link and site is about

      For example a link was shared on a popular twitter profile with the word beginners guide to SEO LINK the page started linking for beginners guide, and better rankings for beginners guide to SEO
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      • Profile picture of the author kaluuu
        Originally Posted by Jeremy Banks View Post

        disagree.

        There is great SEO benefit to also getting naked links, it helps boost your PR and also makes your link building look more natural.

        When getting a naked link try to put your desired keywords before or after the link as google will grab the text around the link and that will count towards your rankings because it tells google what the link and site is about

        For example a link was shared on a popular twitter profile with the word beginners guide to SEO LINK the page started linking for beginners guide, and better rankings for beginners guide to SEO
        i think to that url contribuies to PR..... because when i had my first website..... i didnt knew any of things of backlinks and i just put my url on forums and comments and twiteer .....and in 2-3 months after i open the website i got pr 3 .....
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  • Profile picture of the author jazbo
    This is speculation as I have not tested it, but if you are mentioning a domain in non-hyperlink format in social media, just maybe Google will take note of it.
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  • Profile picture of the author albertwoo
    So let's be clear, this is not a link, so obviously there is no SEO benefit. But the benefit in case you are developing a brand is that google will interpret and recognize that as site/word.
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  • Profile picture of the author yukon
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    I'm not sure what dburk is talking about? :confused:

    OP, You can still include a keyword in your url instead of anchor-text.

    Example: hxxp://www.domain.com/keyword-here/


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    If you wanted, you could 301 redirect the /keyword-here/ page anyplace else on the site (sales page, etc...) that would allow for multiple keywords over multiple backlinks. Example, If your trying to rank a single sales page for multiple keywords & don't get to use anchor-text on a backlink page.

    More work (redirect), but it is possible...
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    • Profile picture of the author carpetads
      well..If it's compared with backlink with anchor of course it less effective..But if compared with no backlink...It's a valuable backlink i think ..But if your domain is keyword rich..I think it will be effective..
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  • Profile picture of the author strategic seo services
    They are still effective. They're not as effective as anchor text links, but naked links still contribute to your site's SEO.
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    • Profile picture of the author SuccessForFree
      While I think an anchorless link would be less effective, and certainly not as attractive, they would still be useful in SEO. A deciding factor would perhaps be how much direct traffic you would get from these links, in addition to gaining a backlink for the search engines?

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      • Profile picture of the author dburk
        Originally Posted by Jeremy Banks View Post

        disagree.

        There is great SEO benefit to also getting naked links, it helps boost your PR and also makes your link building look more natural.

        When getting a naked link try to put your desired keywords before or after the link as google will grab the text around the link and that will count towards your rankings because it tells google what the link and site is about

        For example a link was shared on a popular twitter profile with the word beginners guide to SEO LINK the page started linking for beginners guide, and better rankings for beginners guide to SEO


        Originally Posted by strategic seo services View Post

        They are still effective. They're not as effective as anchor text links, but naked links still contribute to your site's SEO.

        You guys need to reread the thread!

        The OP isn't asking about links. He is asking if plain text URLs (not linked) count for SEO.

        It is not a link! There is no PR nor anchortext nor trust passed to your website.

        Originally Posted by yukon View Post

        I'm not sure what dburk is talking about? :confused:

        OP, You can still include a keyword in your url instead of anchor-text.

        Example: hxxp://www.domain.com/keyword-here/


        [extra]

        If you wanted, you could 301 redirect the /keyword-here/ page anyplace else on the site (sales page, etc...) that would allow for multiple keywords over multiple backlinks. Example, If your trying to rank a single sales page for multiple keywords & don't get to use anchor-text on a backlink page.

        More work (redirect), but it is possible...
        @Yukon,

        How in the world does you keyword on someone else's web page, a page that does not link to yours in any way, help your page for SEO?
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