Comments on: Anchor Text Test: Making The Most Of A Link Opportunity

By: San Antonio Clubs

San Antonio Clubs — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 20:51:59 +0000

Exactly what I was looking for, I guess it’s gonna take more time to rank my keyword/s but at least I’m using my time more wisely bc of your proven testing.

By: Joe MmacMillan

Joe MmacMillan — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 23:20:34 +0000

Thanks for taking the time to explain this. You are a great help to those of us who may not be up to date on the tech stuff.

By: Kerala Tour Packages

Kerala Tour Packages — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 09:17:03 +0000

hi i was about to link same url with different anchore test from one page..i searched in the web and found your article..very useful for me..thanks

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By: John

John — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 00:43:11 +0000

Andrew, those are both great ideas. Marios over at AllThingsSEM did a test similar to the one you mentioned with images (here), but I may have to give the anchored links test a shot. Thanks for your feedback and ideas!

By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 01:04:10 +0000

Terrific post on Link-Building! This will be very helpful for explaining link-building to clients.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 06:25:54 +0000

Great post John! This is great information to know – get this guy a raise!

So now what do you think about some follow up tests?

1. Are the results the same when you’re talking about internal links? Say snowboardingstuff.com had bindings AND boards on the same page and on the home page there was one link that pointed to that page with the anchor “snowboarding bindings” and one with the anchor of just “snowboards”, would you expect the same outcome, only the first would work?

2. How about when an image comes into play. Say the first link to snowboardingstuff.com on a third party site is through and image w/ a specific alt tag and later in the page there is a text link to the same page with specific anchor text. Would only the image anchor carry weight and not the text link? What if their positions were reversed?

Great stuff!

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Oatmeal Stout & Anchor Porter | Beer Festen — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 01:54:45 +0000

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By: Ny

Ny — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 20:26:22 +0000

John, great post! The diagram looks awesome. This is definitely important for SEOs/Linkbuilders to know.

By: Chris Laub

Chris Laub — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 19:39:12 +0000

Very very good article. Do you work for google ?