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    • MattAshby
      MattAshby last edited by

      When we have run a Open Site Explorer analysis on our own site, it says that for all our internal links the Link Anchor Text is 'Help with logging in'

      I am a bit confused as to why it shows that. That text does appear in the header of the page, but is not the first piece of text.

      Why is it happening on our site?
      Why do I not see this on other sites?
      What affect does this have on our ranking?
      What's the best fix?

      Example page that we ran on Open Site Explorer:

      www.rightboat.com/search?manufacturer=Beneteau&model=Antares+9.80

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      • OlegKorneitchouk
        OlegKorneitchouk last edited by

        www.rightboat.com/search?manufacturer=Beneteau&model=Antares+9.80 --> returns no backlinks for me

        www.rightboat.com --> don't see the 'Help with logging in' anchor text anywhere.

        Could you send a screenshot maybe?

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        • MattAshby
          MattAshby last edited by

          That the thing, it is part of the submenu.

          Please see attached image

          helpwithlogging.jpg

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          • OlegKorneitchouk
            OlegKorneitchouk @MattAshby last edited by

            I meant screenshot of "When we have run a Open Site Explorer analysis on our own site, it says that for all our internal links the Link Anchor Text is 'Help with logging in'" - i dont see that in the OSE analysis anywhere.

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            • MattAshby
              MattAshby last edited by

              Lol, sorry for the misunderstanding. They are listed under recently found, please see attached screenshot.

              opensitelinks.jpg

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              • MattAshby
                MattAshby last edited by

                Has anyone got any ideas what we are doing wrong here?

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                • MattAshby
                  MattAshby @MattAshby last edited by

                  Sorry to bump, but I am pulling my hair out on this one.

                  I am not sure if this is a bug in Moz or if I am damaging 90% of my site.

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                  • OlegKorneitchouk
                    OlegKorneitchouk @MattAshby last edited by

                    I don't even see that anchor text anywhere on the site so I'm pretty puzzled too. Not sure where it is reading that text from (unless your site show's bots other source code). Hit up a Moz rep and confirm if it is a bug.

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                    • MattAshby
                      MattAshby last edited by

                      Thanks for taking a look, yesterday out of desperation to understand what was happening I replaced the text on my site with an image to see what, if anything, changes.

                      I have reported it to Moz, and they agree it looks odd.

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