How does Google treat anchor tags on badges after penguin update?
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We have a website builder that creates sites in sub-domains (i.e. yoursite.breezi.com) on every site we have included a badge that has anchor text and an image.
My question is given the fact that we will include this on many if not most of the sites created inside our builder how will google treat backlinks with the same anchor tag/text from non relevant sites after the penguin update?
I am concerned about the backlinks from non-theme related sites and it's SEO implications.
Any help is greatly appreciated.
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I've actually seen this question before (I looked but couldn't find the discussion) sorry.
What I seen some folks offer as advice is to try and rotate your anchor text if possible. Nobody gave a solid yes or no don't do it, but most cautioned that it seemed risky.
My thoughts are to try and use some dynamic anchor text, about the only thing that will be different from site to site is the domain name so....
Website Design of XXX.com By DonFord.com just use php or asp to pull the domain name for the anchor text.
Furthermore, it may be prudent to create a page for the client on your site and point the link there. A simple outline of their service, and your service a few images and maybe ask the client for small snippet about the work you did for them. This would prevent kathousand links going to the same page, and still bring in traffic from people who like the site you designed. Most people probably can figure out to hit your logo or something to go to your homepage. The added benefit is it makes it easy to see how much traffic each one of these sites sends your way.
My 2 cents, hope it helps.
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