When Requesting Link Text

Should I Ask for a Two Word Phrase or a Longer Phrase?

[Carpy]

Searching for one way inbound links:

If my main target phrase in "blue widgets"
Am i better using "blue widgets" alone or include another phrase within, for example "UK blue widgets", or will this dilute the "blue widgets" text link?

thanks

[caveman]

Try mixing it up. If all inbound links are more or less identical, that is not the sort of 'natural' appearance that the SE's perfer to see, generally...i.e., it looks artifically built up.

The SE's tend to reward sites that recieve, or appear to receive, as many natural links as possible (given freely, without receiving a request).

Best: One way inbound natural links
2nd: One way inbound requested links with varied anchor text
3rd: Reciprocal links with varied anchor text

That's the basic idea anyway.

sugarrae made a brilliant post on linking here:
[webmasterworld.com...]

Anyone and everyone who thinks about link dev should read it. :)