Anchor text diversity for internal links?
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Should I be worried about anchor text diversity for my internal links? It seems like I should be ok but I just wanted to double check... you know how google can be
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Muchos Gracias- Domo arigatōgo- or thank you! phew
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Watch this Matt Cutts video here in which he says it's not an issue.
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