Comments on: Internal Linking – The Power of Internal Linking and Right Anchor Texts http://www.theoutsourcingcompany.com/blog/search-engine-optimization/internal-linking-the-power-of-internal-linking-and-right-anchor-texts/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:15:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Zeke Camusio http://www.theoutsourcingcompany.com/blog/search-engine-optimization/internal-linking-the-power-of-internal-linking-and-right-anchor-texts/#comment-2188 Zeke Camusio Sun, 16 Aug 2009 15:04:53 +0000 http://www.theoutsourcingcompany.com/blog/?p=987#comment-2188 What I'm saying is that a link that it's good for SEO and bad for your visitors, is overall a bad link. If you want to rank high for "high-end real estate agent in West Palm Beach, Florida", you shouldn't use that long string every time you link to your bio page. It's a too-obvious SEO-optimized anchor text and will irritate some of your visitors. Zeke What I’m saying is that a link that it’s good for SEO and bad for your visitors, is overall a bad link. If you want to rank high for “high-end real estate agent in West Palm Beach, Florida”, you shouldn’t use that long string every time you link to your bio page. It’s a too-obvious SEO-optimized anchor text and will irritate some of your visitors.

Zeke

]]> By: Dave Doolin http://www.theoutsourcingcompany.com/blog/search-engine-optimization/internal-linking-the-power-of-internal-linking-and-right-anchor-texts/#comment-2087 Dave Doolin Tue, 11 Aug 2009 21:47:27 +0000 http://www.theoutsourcingcompany.com/blog/?p=987#comment-2087 How do you know that long sentence links decrease SEO effectiveness? Do you have hard proof? I'm asking because I like such links. There extremely effective for readers. In fact, I will often use the title of the page pointed to as the link text. I cannot think of any more congruent way to allow the reader to evaluate whether or not to click on the link. I realize I have a bias resulting from 1994 era web mentality. So much of "SEO" just seems totally stupid. Do the right thing, create high quality content, let WordPress and Google figure it out. Maybe I'm missing something. How do you know that long sentence links decrease SEO effectiveness?

Do you have hard proof?

I’m asking because I like such links. There extremely effective for readers. In fact, I will often use the title of the page pointed to as the link text. I cannot think of any more congruent way to allow the reader to evaluate whether or not to click on the link.

I realize I have a bias resulting from 1994 era web mentality. So much of “SEO” just seems totally stupid. Do the right thing, create high quality content, let WordPress and Google figure it out. Maybe I’m missing something.

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