[thelist] Link Text and SEO
Brian White
bwhite at webhostingsolutions.com
Sun Jan 18 09:17:58 CST 2009
>Someone contacted me and asked me to change the text of a link on a
>site of mine that links to his. The link now says something like
>Acme Inc. He wants me to use the text:
>
>Professional Doo-Hickey Design and Manufacturing -- Acme Inc.
>
>He says that the text matters for SEO in Google.
>
>Is this right? I ask b/c I want to know and also because we don't
>really want to change the text in the site--all the other links are
>simple like IBM, Ford, Kellogg's. To have his a whole phrase would
>sort of stick out. But he's a friend of the owner, so if he's right,
>we might do it to help his SEO.
>
>Thanks!
>--
Consensus is that yes, keywords in link text do help with SEO. Lots
of info out there on the subject, here's just one:
http://www.seomoz.org/article/search-ranking-factors
Regards,
--
Brian White
President - WebHostingSolutions.com
"Because Every Click Is A Customer"
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