Does the url text count as anchor text in google's algo?

[adriandg]

I always try to strive for getting good anchortext in links that people link to my sites with, but sometimes they are not very web savvy, or just plain not willing to format the link the way i want it and we end up with links that use the URL as the anchortext.

My question is, if i format a url such that it has keywords in it, and when someone makes a link like this:

http://www.storwell.com/self-storage-toronto-bursary-application-form.php

does google consider the words: storwell, self, storage, toronto, bursary, application & form as the anchor text?

[13375auc3]

Google does put some weight on domain names in the SERPs, so I don't see why it wouldn't take the URL text into consideration when applying the algorithm.

[adriandg]

not what i ment at all. i think perhaps i wasn't clear enough.

I realize that google puts weight on domains and urls, but what i wanted to know was an entirely seperate question to that.  I am talking about link juice being passed and the associated anchor text.

[13375auc3]

Yes, link juice will be passed to a URL link, as it is commonly used across the web and is evidenced in many sites that have this type of inbound link. Sorry I couldn't be more clearer.