strategic linking is must in SEO, this may include linking with keywords in anchor text. However Page Rank is still a large factor in any SEO plan, with that in mind
PR will have a much larger effect on the SERP then proper anchor text. The two in combination with each other will have even a larger effect.
But in most cases we as web developers do not have complete control over the anchor text that is used to link to our site. The links that we can control, we should and must optimize them for keywords, but many links we do not have control off and in these cases we must just accept the link as is.
I actually find that the links on my site can have a drastic effect on the SERP and these links we have complete control off. Here is an excellent way to have better SERP position, point keyword targeted links from higher
PR pages of our site to boost position of lower
PR pages.
For example My home Page has three content links to pages that I wanted to boost their position and at first these pages had a
PR of 0 and now all three have a
PR of 1.
The point is optimizing the links on your own site can have much faster results then trying to optimize links on someone else's site and is much easier. Use the
PR you have already accumulated to build content links to the pages that you are trying to boost their position.
The benefits of this is that you already know the
PR value of the page casting the vote and the link can be modified or removed at any time if you don't like the effect.
Hybrid Mode
