Using anchor text is useful or not?

Discussion in 'Search Engine Optimization' started by rajanrufus, Jan 17, 2012.

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    Hi friends,
    I wanna know that, using anchor text will increase the traffic or not and how much useful it is?
    Thank you.
     
    rajanrufus, Jan 17, 2012 IP
  2. SEOPunk

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    HI.
    The text of a hyperlink is known as Anchor Text. Google and Search engine supports anchor text to rank in SERP. The landing page usually relevant to it.
     
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  3. shreeonline

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    As you know that Anchor text is a visible hyperlink on text it is called anchor text.And using anchor text definitely useful for us because it gives boost for our website in the form of back link,traffic etc.
     
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  4. rosy

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    yes hyperlink is usefull because it help in ranking the website in search engines so the internal linking is also done in a website.
     
    rosy, Jan 17, 2012 IP
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    sisatel Active Member

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    Anchor test is your visual representation of your link. Use your keyword(s) in your anchor text. This is useful.
     
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  6. smileverse

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    Using the anchor text will help you in achieve good PR. If you've a good PR then you ll be automatically getting more traffic from the search engines (it depends on how you are doing with your website)
     
    smileverse, Jan 18, 2012 IP
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    peep666 Greenhorn

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    Anchor text is always really important. But if you´re going to target high SERPs with your site, remember not to add same keyword in that anchor text all the time because it is not relevant and google doesn´t like that.
     
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    Yes anchor text is very useful to improve visits for your websites from different websites.
     
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    Yes, Anchor text is very useful to improve back link for your site.
     
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    Hello

    Using the anchor text in our webpage is important because this helps us to increase the inner linking and that will automatically affect our ranking.

    So this is important.
     
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    using correct anchor text den it helps
     
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    Anchor text is very useful to promote a keyword. I don't think so that without hyperlink it is good to promote the keyword.
     
    navneetsau, Jan 18, 2012 IP
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    Using anchor test is a must, but you must choose the words wisely--in other words, people must be searching for the words that you are using in your anchor test. For example, if your site is called BobIsTheBest.com, anchor text doesn't matter because nobody searches that term. Let's Bob does auto repair...you would want to use "auto repair" and various forms of that (never link in on the same term all the time) to get visitors. And, it goes without saying I think, that term you use in your anchor text must exist on the page, preferably in heading tags!
     
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    Ofcourse it is helpful yet essential. I mean, how do you plan to rank your website if you are not using anchor text with your keywords in link building???
     
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    One of the great values of well-chosen anchor text in links to your pages is that it allows you to tell the search engines exactly what those pages are all about. Be sure to choose keywords for the anchor text that clearly describe the topic of the page you are linking to.
     
    Jim4767, Jan 18, 2012 IP
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    Anchor text's are useful do not disregard it. It is helpful in optimizing you keyword.
     
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    Wow huge under estimation all round, shame on you people.

    Links *are* the web, without them there is no web, they are the single most critical and fundamental factor, the text you use is quite important, the text *other people* use is very important, yet sadly slightly less important than it was a few years ago, thanks to google bombs.
     
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    blacknet, I'm not sure why you are criticizing the posters above. Most have correctly emphasized the importance of anchor text. You are right in saying that links are important. Anchor text, as I trust you know, is the text of those links. And the posters here have rightly stated that good anchor text in the links is important. I'd be curious why you say "shame on you people" for making some positive responses.
     
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    Couldn't of said it better myself; good job Blacknet :)
     
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    Definitely yes, The text of a hyperlink is identified as anchor text, it is very useful because it helps to increase traffic to your website.
     
    carolfbenfield, Jan 18, 2012 IP