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    • AndrewSEO
      AndrewSEO last edited by

      Does this mean that exact keyword phrase anchor text is not the dominating ranking factor anymore for serps?  http://insidesearch.blogspot.com/2011/11/ten-recent-algorithm-changes.html

      If so what is the new most important factor?

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      • SEOPA
        SEOPA last edited by

        I read it as only really applying to on-site links. So if you have the same anchor text link on every page (like the side nav or footer) Google takes that into account (in a better way).

        In general, you don't want ALL exact match anchors -- there was a WBF post on it.

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