Will multiple internal links with the same anchor text hurt a site's ranking?
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Hello,
I just watched this video from the Google Webmasters channel at YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ybpXU0ckKQ
My question: If a site is built up on subdomains, will linking the different subdomains with exact anchor text hurt the site's ranking?
Thanks
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I agree with Heiko, it will not hurt your rankings. In this video you referred to, Matt says "all within the same domain"...so I guess you are concerned about having sub-domains. But sub-domains are still within the same domain.
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Hey,
I don't think so, why there should be a difference between internal linking within one subdomain and between different subdomains? It's not unnatural to use exact anchor texts as you are control of your own website..
If you are not really overdoing internal linking (completely unnatural) this should never hurt your rankings at all!
Greez
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