[adamcm]

Hi all,

I'm in the process of setting up my Tier 2 links to point to some high PR links that i've created as part of my Tier 1.  I was just wondering if I should use the same anchor text as Tier 1 and Tier 2, or if I should use different anchors between the Tiers?

My thinking is if I have an established sites that already has lots of links that it would be ok to use the same anchor.  But low competition keywords where I don't have many links should probably be different.  

Just curious what others do.

Thanks!

[ARVolund]

I generally use about 75% the keyword I am targeting with that tier and 25% related or variations .

[trakker]

Pretty much agree with OP and ARV.    

I mix a lot of different anchor text on links to money site, but find it works better to hit the tier 1 links with more concentrated anchor text.  Not much variation.  75% sounds like a good number.

Although I don't really draw the distinction between older and new sites. If it's tier2 to tier1, you might as well use the keywords.  You're not worried about oop on the linking sites

[Bryan V]

For tier 1, I usually don't go as high as 75% as it doesn't seem to be as effective.
For tier 2, I'm more liberal with variation. Maybe only 15-30% exact match.

[Lynch]

For tier 2 I usually use SB as backlinks and don't really care about the anchor text, so I use the random names what it provides. Might be bad sue me