Webwork - 9:37 pm on Mar 5, 2008 (gmt 0)

Thanks for the kindly and intelligent dope slaps replies.

Ancillary question about "chasing the longtail": Does one tend to suffer "anchor text erosion" the longer the tail one chases?

For example, I write an article and craft a webpage about "Aftermarket for Cheap Green Widgets in Texas" and use that title as intersite linking anchor text.

Now, everyone interested in my great article may not be so generous when it comes to linking from their site to mine. Ergo, they may craft at link that says "Cheap Green Widgets" or "Texas Widgets" and the competition for those phrases might be a bit more intense.

So, in chasing the longtail can one be the victim of anchor text "weight loss"?

Hope that makes sense. To me, to some degree, IF anchor text matters then it may well be that longer tails may suffer from certain linking side effects.

Thoughts? Maybe "too long a title/target" can work against one?