Anchor Links & SEO?

I posted this question in another forum also but I am wondering what your thoughts are on Anchor Links and their effect on rankings? Do you think they can help improve rankings?

 

The anchor text of internal or external links?

 

Anchor links, they are links on a page that link to a sub-section of the same page.

 

Yes, they can help. Just like external ones. Internal linking is as, if not more, important.

EDIT - misread that. No, if you are linking to the same page; like <a name> or something. Then it doesn't really do anything, unfortunately. I do this on lots of my pages for people to skip down, but I have not seen the ranking improve for any of the words I use as the anchor.

 

So maybe it can just increase keyword density.

 

Is KWD a factor, though? I don't think it really is anymore.

 

Oh, yes, sorry.

Can't say I've done any tests.

 

I think KWD is only a factor if it is too high and triggers a KW stuffing penalty. So I guess it is safe to say Anchor Links don't help with rankings.

 

sorry but your term of "anchor links" is REALLY confusing.

 

What do you call those links that link to sub-sections of the same page? I call them Anchor Links because they link to Anchors in sections of the same page.

 

I belive they will only help if you are linking to other pages in the site, and I agree that it is good for kwd but I would keep it small, I think your keywords should not show up more than 4 or 5 times on a page but that will also depend on the amount of content that you have on the page.