According to ahrefs, I have a ton of <a>noText</a> for Referring Pages for Anchor Phrases. Fix?

infopino

Hello,

I'm building forum profiles, comments, and contextual links.

Running my website through ahrefs, my #1 Refering Pges for Anchor Phrases seems to be a <a>noText</a> image link.

Then, out of the remaining 57%, only 1 of them is actually my keyword.

I'm still a newb on GSA, but I'm trying to learn.

How do I fix the issues, especially the <a>noText</a> anchor phrase?

Also, where is this foreign language being created?

Here's a screenshot:

http://screencast.com/t/0JeeEAaUfq

Please advise.

Thanks!

Sven

Sorry I have no idea. What do you see in the "Show verified URLS" dialog? Any of the mentioned anchor texts?

infopino

Someone looked at it and turned off "exploits"... not sure what that means.  Do you happen to know?

I will take a look at the "Show verified URLS" dialog and see what that says.

cherub

<a>noText</a> in ahrefs.com reports generally means the link is an image. These will come from some guestbook and forum engines, possibly other profile-type engines too. I find most 'foreign' links like the one in your image come from either Trackbacks or XpressEngine.

infopino

@cherub

Thanks for the reply.  So why is it in my screenshot, there are anchor refs that have foreign language in there?

How can I change it so it doesn't have that?

I never put those in any of the entries.

cherub

I'd disable Trackback and XpressEngine engines. Bear in mind that whilst you're using SER to submit to sites, it does not have complete control over what each individual site chooses to use as your link/anchor text.

infopino

@cherub

Do you recommend something else besides SER to submit to sites?

cherub

Nope, SER is the best automated submitter commercially available IMO. Automated submitters will always be subject to the whims of the site they're submitting to though.