Comments on: The Perils of Oversaturated Targeted Anchor Text Links in a Link Profile

By: Paul the WOW Guy

Paul the WOW Guy — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 16:43:47 +0000

Thanks for putting this article together. I had a few sites effected by penguin and have read many articles about it but you made it much easier to understand.
Thanks again!

By: Michael Schwartz

Michael Schwartz — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 17:35:11 +0000

There’s no way to be 100 percent sure since there isn’t exactly a list you can consult. However, if the page used to have PR and is now gray barred that’s a dead giveaway that the site was discounted in some way. You can also search the site in Google using a “site:[insert URL]” search. If the site doesn’t show up, it was de-indexed by Google.

By: Has

Has — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 17:26:42 +0000

Michael,

Thanks, this is exactly what i was thinking of doing. How do i find out if Penguin 1.1 has discounted the page on which i have the link ?

By: Michael Schwartz

Michael Schwartz — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 17:18:58 +0000

@Has It certainly couldn’t hurt! If you are being penalized for over optimization it would make sense to try to either change the anchor texts or posit them to an internal page. I would recommend going through Open Site Explorer and seeing which anchor text links have 25 occurrences (the maximum allowed by OSE, meaning there probably are a whole lot more) and trying to fix those through link reclamation. Just a few of these might be skewing your link count in a negative way, and by correcting them you can dramatically change the composition of your backlink profile. It would only be a waste of resources if the page the link is on was discounted by Penguin.

By: Has

Has — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 13:18:50 +0000

Michael,

What are your thought about modifying the anchor text on existing links to cope with the penguin 1.1 anchor text diversification need? Are those links already discounted and changing their anchor text or positing them to internal pages is waste of resources?

TIA
Has