Comments on: 5 Old SEO Tactics So Bad it’s Embarrassing They Worked!

By: tristan

tristan — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 18:47:01 +0000

Sadly this is all true! Great informative post Jon. Sometimes i really do need a reminder of what still works and what doesn’t. Appreciate the time to keep people updated like this. I found this http://www.emdvault.com posted on a forum. Have you tried this. I’ve been wanting to try it but i’m still unsure. If you could review this for me that would be great!! let me know! it has to do with exact match domains

By: Jon Quinton

Jon Quinton — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 17:57:33 +0000

In reply to Marie.

Hi Marie,

Thanks for the comment. With anchor text, I try to stay on the safe side of the line with plenty of brand anchor text and also variations on the keyword. To get a rough idea, I’ll check out the top ten results for a certain keyword and look at their link profiles to see what they’re doing.

By: Marie

Marie — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 16:46:03 +0000

Interesting article. I wish I was an SEO ten years ago…sounds like so much fun!

I’m interested in what you said about exact anchor text. It makes sense that Google would zero in on that as a manipulative factor. So, do you try to make the majority of your links link to you with your brand name?