I do not use anchor text in most cases. I carefully place keyword rich content around my links . All sites stayed where they were or increased in rankings.

Hey guys sorry for the sloppy list. Ive been preaching anchor text diversity, generic anchor text and URL anchor text forever. Its a huge key to not having your links look spammy. This is what real anchor text looks like. This was taken from Market Samurai searching for GEICO | Auto insurance - Saving people money on more than car insurance. The numbers next to the keywords is how many times that anchor text was found. This is just a small sample of links MS found. Now mind you Geico ranks top 10 for almost every auto insurance term. Not sure what this says but it definitely says something. Oh one last thing, notice how warrior forum automatically included anchor text in my post, I didn't even put it there I just typed w w w . Geico . C O M

Geico 478
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http://wwx.geico.com 150 (had to change to "x" otherwise WF puts auto anchor text)
insurance company 1
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gieco 2
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you could save 15% on car insurance. click here for a quote. geico 4
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wwx.geico.com 30 (had to change to "x" otherwise WF puts auto anchor text)
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auto insurance geico 1
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geico.cxm 21 (had to change to "x" otherwise WF puts auto anchor text)
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geico | geico car insurance. get online auto insurance quotes and ... 2
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geico geico car insurance. get online auto insurance quotes and ... 1
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critical analysis 1
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*no_data* 11
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company website 2
auto insurer 1
geico (tipp) 1
the hadalpelagic 1
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consumers 1
the rate of fission 1
geico auto insurance 3
geico mxs 2
geico the gecko 1
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regions 1
geico & geico car insurance. get auto insurance quotes online and ... 1
geico - casci 1
insurer 1
fill in their short quote form 1
geico | geico car insurance. get online auto insurance quotes and … 1
the geico group 1
the italian space agency 1
geico - us insurance company 1
xhtml 1
the swinton home 1
geico | geico car insurance 1
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paris 2
home page 1
geico | geico car insurance. get an auto insurance quote and save 1
commercial reasons 2
cdma2000 1
the mesopelagic 1
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andy 1
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organizations 1
120x240_face 1
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visit http://wxw.geico.com 1 (had to change to "x" otherwise WF puts auto anchor text)
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home 1
geico vehicle insurance 1
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link 1
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oil 1
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at about 6,000 m 1
geico | geico car insurance. get online auto insurance quotes ... 1
environmentally-friendly vehicle 1
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approximate representation 1
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2015 1
the neritic zone 1
geico car insurance. get an auto insurance quote and save today. free online motorcycle quotes as well.... 1
the world wide web 1
auto insurance quotes 1
primary money-makers 1
tax money 1
geico. 1
the human population 1
the romantics 1
mesopotamia 1
geico presents bradenton geckofest 1
geico-logo-with-gecko 1
globular proteins 1
tongue-in-cheek 1
national 1
control 1
the stresses on the front teeth 1
territory 1
a pendulum-based scanning mechanism 1
customer-driven 1
the skeleton 1
government employees group 1
economic development 1
information 1
british aircraft corporation 1
eugène viollet-le-duc 1
graphical user interface applications 1
graphic symbols 1
sponsored by geico® 1
technical weaponry 1
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a test 1

Well we need to build more naked and junk links to prove Google we are a legitimate webmasters

anchor needs time? a href something then something..... I preferred direct URL.

Great thread. I'll be sure to adjust my strategy after reading this.

There is not exact number that after x no. of links you should change your anchor text. You can change anchor text after 3-4 links, it will provide you better visibility for your brand and targeted keywords.