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Anchor text with punctuation
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Hey Moz
Does anchor text with punctuation effect anything, does google even read it?
I know matching exact anchor text to high volume keywords doesn't matter as much any more - but it still definitely makes a different as our reports show.
Thanks
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Hi Radi,
I would get rid of all punctuation except for "-" as it is seen as a space. If you use othe punctuations they are ignored. When added in a query the results are without the punctuation. Same goes for Bing.
More info:
https://support.google.com/websearch/answer/2466433?rd=1#exceptions_punctuations
Makes it easier for you I hope
Grt Tymen
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