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(a) I have tried Scrub the Web a few months ago and it seemed that they have decent seo tools. (b) Is TITLE in the anchor text a requirement or optional? What is its effect on indexing and searh engine results?
Ciplas15... (a) Yes - even I was very impressed by the Scrub the Web SEO tools. So far I have myself tried only the free tools but I am now seriously considering to go for their paid tools. They are in the search engine business for quite sometime and seem to know in and out of the concepts. In their website they have mentioned : quote -"Keyword Density Manipulizerâ„¢ - manipulate your keywords & get the right mix. Just drag-and-drop your Website to the top of search engines!" Looks impressive to me...If anyone reading this thread have already tried their paid services, please post the feedback. (b) The TITLE in the anchor text is optional. I do not think that has any direct SEO advantage. But it can probably have an indirect minor effect on the success of the link, because it might "probably" impress the user who is planning to click on your link - when the user hovers the mouse over the link, the TITLE shows up!
A bit out of date - submitting to directories? keyword meta-tags? All a bit 5-years-ago -and 100 backlinks? nowhere near enough for a competitive niche - even with most of them having PR