Anchor text
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Anchor text
Anchor text is the visible text in a hyperlink. Anchor text is
weighted (ranked) highly in search engine algorithms, because the linked
text is usually relevant to the landing page. The objective of search engines is to provide highly
relevant search results; this is where anchor text helps, as the
tendency is, more often than not, to hyperlink words relevant to the
landing page.
Usually this is exploited by webmasters to procure high results in
SERPS (search
engine results pages).
Google
Bombing is possible through anchor text manipulation. Much has been written
on anchor text which is available on the web today.
Although the search engines are well aware of anchor text manipulation, not
much change can be expected in the SE algorithms in the near future because the
brighter side of the picture cannot be overlooked: anchor text delivers
relevance.
The latest changes in Google's algorithm point towards discounting of
websites in the SERPS which are involved in anchor text manipulation for higher
rankings. Although there are no indications of this clause (of the latest Google
patent) having been implemented, this could become a reality in the future.
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