Anchor text filters

[babyjane]

I am using text replace on a blog to automatically link keywords in posts and pages back to the homepage.

Sometimes the same KEYWORD links back 2/3 times in one post, can this harm rankings or cause an anchor text filter?

thanks,

[babyjane]

Just tested the site using a tool and the keyword represents 70% of all internal links - sounds a lot?

[babyjane]

Hey thanks ill try that!

[marcinlejman]

Are you using a Wordpress blog?

If so, try replacing your current solution with http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/seo-automatic-links/ - in the configuration settings, it allows you to set a limit for a number of links on a single page.

I've made a screenshot of the available options for you - please see the attachment.

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[babyjane]

Thank you for your reply Syed.

I am using the text replace plugin, it links the keyword irrespective of occurrences. No idea how to prevent this as I am not a developer. The site has dropped for the head phrases but the longtail traffic remains.

I am wondering if I should delete the plugin, only thing is lots of aged pages of content will lose their link to the homepage.

[Syed1]

I am not a big fan of auto text->link widgets but if I were you I'd put a condition to replace text to a specific link only once per post. You do not want to 'over-optimize' your Internal links/ anchor text. Regular variations, whether its an inbound link from external site or just an internal is most effective.