Hello to everyone!
This is my first post on your forums, and I've done about an hour of reading to see if my question has been answered, please excuse me if I'm repeating a previous post...
Purchasing links on sites (including directories), other than anchor text on the link
1. Is is necessary or advisable that there should be surrounding text?
2. A pure home page url link, what value does it have for SEO, is it only for the searchers that search for the brand name?
Thanks for your time!
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Purchasing Links
Started by
LouiseP
, Jul 23 2008 08:04 AM
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Jill
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Posted 23 July 2008 - 08:27 AM
Welcome LouiseP! 
You're overthinking things a bit. All links pointing to you are good. Those that use a keyword phrase in the anchor text help tell the search engines what that particular URL is all about. That doesn't mean that a link pointing to your page with just your URL is bad, it just makes it more difficult for the search engine to get the whole picture.
Text surrounding the link can certainly help provide the search engines with a bigger picture of what your site might be about.
Nothing is "necessary" or absolute in SEO. Do the things you can do of which you have control. Not every link is going to be a perfect one, but that's okay.
You're overthinking things a bit. All links pointing to you are good. Those that use a keyword phrase in the anchor text help tell the search engines what that particular URL is all about. That doesn't mean that a link pointing to your page with just your URL is bad, it just makes it more difficult for the search engine to get the whole picture.
Text surrounding the link can certainly help provide the search engines with a bigger picture of what your site might be about.
Nothing is "necessary" or absolute in SEO. Do the things you can do of which you have control. Not every link is going to be a perfect one, but that's okay.
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LouiseP
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Posted 23 July 2008 - 08:48 AM
Thanks Jill, one tends to overly think these things
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