Anchor Link Trends

[drang3d]

Lately I've been seeing anchor text like this pointing to sites:

Albania property; Argentina property; Australia property; Belize property; Bosnia property; Brazil property; Bulgaria property; Canada property; Canary Islands property; Cape Verde property; Caribbean property; Croatia property; Cyprus property; Czech Rep property; Dubai property; Egypt property; Estonia property; France property; Germany property; Greece property; Hungary property; India property; Italy property; Latvia property; Lithuania property; Macedonia property; Malaysia property; Malta property; Mauritius property; Mexico property; Montenegro property; Morocco property; Panama property; Poland property; Portugal property; Romania property; Serbia property; Slovakia property; South Africa property; Spain property; Sweden property; Switzerland property; Turkey property; UK property; USA property;

(Yes that is one link) . My question is does it work. Instead of having 20 keywords in one link, is it not better to have 20 links with one keyword?

[SEO Nick]

That would be keyword stuffing. It does nothing, from what I hear.. and is considered black hat.

[RyanRE]

I would prefer to have the 20 links with one keyword phrase each. I rarely use more than 4 words in any anchor tag.

[kid disco]

Think about it from a user's perspective and you'll probably be thinking along the same lines as the search engines...

[Michael Paul Eau Claire]

Huh, I've always wondered exactly what "keyword stuffing" meant. thanks.

[SEO Nick]

Whenever you see a huge block of keywords like that on a website, that's keyword stuffing. I always stumble across real estate websites with tons. For example... the site in the first post of this thread... http://www.realestatewebmasters.com/...yword+stuffing

[drang3d]

So its not ok having a list of links at the bottom of your site pointing to internal pages with anchor text like , "property in ireland", "property in the uk" etc.? Coz I see loads of sites doing that.

[SEO Nick]

Well, if those links actually lead to pages about property in Ireland and Property in the UK, then I think it would be fine. The titles serve a valid purpose.

[drang3d]

Yeah but what if you work in international property inover 40 countries, would it be ok to have 40 such links in your footer?

[SEO Nick]

It would look pretty cluttered with 40 links in your footer. I wouldn't recommend it for aesthetic reasons . But I would assume that if the links actually lead to pages that are about what the keywords say... then it would be fine. Anyone else know for sure?