Set a desination url to text that did not have it previously

[VinceWicks]

I have the following question. Is it OK to set a desination url to text that did not have it previously? Can it cause SEO (SERP) issues?

For example, I have this sentence:

The tool you're using is great, but this template will help you.

Say, the "this template" text has been just plain text for like a year. And now I want to add a certain destination url to the "this template" phrase.

So, can it cause some SEO issues to me or not?

[AlanMosley]

No not al all. If you were trying to rank for the term "this template" it could be argued that you are giving relevance to the destination page at your exspence. But i doubt you are trying to rank for that term.

[First]

Adding to what Alan said, For better results and to make your template page more relevent you may want to add a more descriptive keyword between  THIS and TEMPLATE.

so "The tool you're using is great, but this (more descriptive keyword) template will help you."

and you would link the '(more descriptive keyword) template" part.

This would help both you human visitors and search engine bots better understand the what that template page is for.

[VinceWicks]

Thanks. You answered my question.

[VinceWicks]

Thanks for the extra feedback on the matter. Highly appreciated.