I have talked about the first link priority seo technique before. Basically, Google was placing alot of ranking power for the first link anchor text. But is this still true today?
I implemented this before to test on another website and it worked. But now since Google released the Panda update, my site went down. And I mean way down from page one to page 8!!! It’s still indexed but this makes me think that Google may be placing a penalty on this strategy.
While SEO’s are trying to rank higher, Google does encourage ethical SEO because it actually helps them find and organize great content. But they may see this First Link Priority Technique as a very negative thing. I really do not know.
But I will test this. I am going to remove my first link with the keyword and keep it at the “Home” link. I will report back after a few months and see if this fixes the problem.
If you have had any experience with this also, please leave a comment.
