Does having backlinks with anchor text keyword1 negatively effect SERP position for keyword2?

[adriandg]

I have recently been gaining a lot of backlinks which have anchortext that is not exactly related to the keywords we are targeting.  I have no control over the anchotext used in these backlinks in this situation.

Given that we already rank in a certain position for keyword2 based on the existing backlinks we have with keyword2 in them.

Will adding another say 50 high authority backlinks with anchortext keyword1 hurt our rankings for keyword2?

What i am trying to ask here, is can you dilute existing backlink keyword anchortext by gaining backlinks with different anchortext?

[LeeJohnsonSEO]

When gaining links I find it affective generating various link anchor text, not all defined for the specific term I am looking to be found for. This is so the links to a given page look more natural and so not to hit the Google fuse for over optimisation. We are all individuals, so we all link in different ways and thus it is far better to have a variation in anchor links. This rule can be used for follow and no-follow links too. All the links that come into one page should be of various types.

[EGOL]

From my experience in watching the links accumulate on my own sites, I have arrived at the conclusion that link value accumulates for all anchor text variations.  And, If I already have ranks for KW1 and a ton of links come in for KW2 there is a very good possibility that rankings for KW1 will go UP.

[adriandg]

thanks for your reply. it has helped clarify the situation in my mind a little bit. i didn't really think about the whole trust issue before.

I guess i am still wondering a little bit how google decides what keywords you rank well (strictly from anchor text in backlinks, if for a moment we ignore onpage optimization)

It would seem to me that if you had 50 links that said keyword1 and you ranked in 3 place for that.

and then you got another 200 links for keyword2, wouldn't this make google think your website was more abiout keyword2 than keyword1 and drop your ranking for keyword1 to account for this?

[EGOL]

Will adding another say 50 high authority backlinks with anchortext keyword1 hurt our rankings for keyword2?

I believe that "high authority" links will help you for any keyword that you are optimized for.  I believe that backlinks pass anchor text value, they pass link popularity and some of them pass something more powerful and that is "trust".  Just personal opinion.  But I think that I am right.

What i am trying to ask here, is can you dilute existing backlink keyword anchortext by gaining backlinks with different anchortext?

If the Pope links to you, the Pope has linked.  Does not matter if a few drunks add their link, you if the Pope's link is still there.  Just opinion.