Exact-match anchor text
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I have the opportunity to have a link from a high DA, trustworthy, relevant site to a key product range that I am optimising on my website. The link will be in an article. I have one very simple question. Should I use exact-match anchor text?
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Thanks, I think I will go ahead with that.
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Hi Trevor,
I have 2 answers:
- Yes do it. It's a key backlinks.
- Yes do it, but it should be under the guidelines of a good linkbuilding strategy.
Remember there should be the most diversificated anchors in the backlinks.
Hope it helps.
GR.
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