Comments on: The Importance of Anchor Text in SEO http://www.chefpatrick.com/the-importance-of-anchor-text-in-seo/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:55:54 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Reece Berg http://www.chefpatrick.com/the-importance-of-anchor-text-in-seo/#comment-4102 Reece Berg Wed, 01 Jul 2009 19:24:51 +0000 http://www.chefpatrick.com/?p=3449#comment-4102 One thing worth mentioning is that Google is increasingly penalizing websites for over-optimization. Anchor text is great but throw in the occasional "click here" to be safe. I tripped an over-optimization penalty recently -- thankfully it was easily fixed by intentionally making my site worse for SEO (which actualy improved my rank because it lifted the automated penalty -- go figure!) One thing worth mentioning is that Google is increasingly penalizing websites for over-optimization. Anchor text is great but throw in the occasional “click here” to be safe. I tripped an over-optimization penalty recently — thankfully it was easily fixed by intentionally making my site worse for SEO (which actualy improved my rank because it lifted the automated penalty — go figure!)

]]> By: Adam Brewer http://www.chefpatrick.com/the-importance-of-anchor-text-in-seo/#comment-4101 Adam Brewer Wed, 01 Jul 2009 18:36:29 +0000 http://www.chefpatrick.com/?p=3449#comment-4101 Good post, you explained one of the basic but important SEO methods really well. Good post, you explained one of the basic but important SEO methods really well.

]]> By: Jesse http://www.chefpatrick.com/the-importance-of-anchor-text-in-seo/#comment-4100 Jesse Wed, 01 Jul 2009 17:32:36 +0000 http://www.chefpatrick.com/?p=3449#comment-4100 Good post, this is something that many people overlook or just don't care about. It can be a very effective tool if used properly. Good post, this is something that many people overlook or just don’t care about. It can be a very effective tool if used properly.

]]> By: Domain Development http://www.chefpatrick.com/the-importance-of-anchor-text-in-seo/#comment-4099 Domain Development Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:24:27 +0000 http://www.chefpatrick.com/?p=3449#comment-4099 Morgan, good post. I wrote an article about using and anchor text matrix that you might find interesting on my blog here: http://toomanysecrets.com/rank-using-an-anchor-text-keyword-matrix/ - Richard Morgan, good post.

I wrote an article about using and anchor text matrix that you might find interesting on my blog here:
http://toomanysecrets.com/rank-using-an-anchor-text-keyword-matrix/

- Richard

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