Why it is Important to Vary Anchor Text
The focus is usually on anchor text, in regards to obtaining bartered or paid links. A webmaster will immediately ask for their top keyword to be linked to the homepage. Also, a secondary keyword will be requested to be linked to its corresponding internal optimized landing page. And wisely, so. It is industry standard to wish to rank higher for that keyword. The end result desired is getting links with that keyword!
A savvy link-buying webmaster would say this should be done half to most of the time. Other options are viable. Your URL would be a main choice, as it is completely natural to link. Natural links almost always link form anchor text starting with “www.” If a blogger were blogging about this super site they found, that carries every type of bicycle seat imaginable, they would not link “bicycle seat covers.” They would link www.bicycleseatcovers.com while saying “I found this wonderful site that has every imaginable color, size or fabric bicycle seat cover.” this would be most natural in appearance. Linking your business name at times is also an option. You should already rank #1 for your actual business name, but adding credibility to your link profile is what is desired. This tactic will help achieve this goal.
Showing a spike of artificial links is not desirable if you are already over stepping Google’s boundaries. This would be applied best when you are acquiring large quantities of lower quality links, such as blog articles. Making sure to mix up anchor text is essential. The number of incoming links are going to be what helps your site overall, more than worrying about the precise anchor text. Keeping it real, by tossing out specific product mentions or logical site mentions is important.
Think about the handful of truly natural (unpaid) fantastic high PR links you have obtained, just from being a wonderful site or your business connections. Maybe you spoke at a high profile convention and the site gave you a link. Maybe you are a supplier of a national brand and you are listed on their site. What words are linked? Surely not “cheap socks” is typed in on the agenda of the seminar. Your company name is the link. And you KNOW you are getting authority from that PR7 link, regardless of the anchor text. They are all incoming links, all are still valuable in the big picture, and natural links will keep you safe and offer long term rewards.
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