Anchor Text Diversity Question
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I had a general question, will I be penalized for using one anchor text 108 times? I did some reading and I read that Google will be less likely to penalize you if it is your brand name instead of like "make money fast" or another spammy type of anchor text? The anchor text that I used was our website name thanks.
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A good way to look at this is through OSE, looking at the anchor text tab.
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Okay thanks so much for the info Donnie
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It's best to have majority of your links branded. If you are getting links from quality sites for a term without your brand name it looks unnatural and that is what will sound the alarm.
if you URL is www.makemoneyfast.com go ahead and build as many "make money fast" links as you want... However if your brand name / URL is Moneymakefast.com link 70% of your links to your URL / Brand Name (Money make fast), the remaining 30% link to your exact and diverse links.
Here's a good slide show: http://www.slideshare.net/wilreynolds/google-is-making-changes-how-to-prepare-for-them
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I would say it depends on where the text is found.
If you have 108 highly relevant, high ranking websites displaying that text you'd be fine. But if 100 of them come from spammy sites, blog comments and directories I'd be wary.
Same with all things, if its genuine backlinking you'll be ok but if there is 108 backlinks created in 1-2 days, then you'll look spammy.
Spread it out and try get those links on relevant websites.
More experienced SEO'ers may advise better though.
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