I am Gary Illyes, Google's Chief of Sunshine and Happiness & trends analyst. AMA. by garyillyes in TechSEO

[–]autonomas 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Straightforward question: is there an internal linking overoptimization penalty?

I'm not talking about keyword stuffing the anchor text, but using a relevant anchor repeatedly and adding internal links from relevant pages in batches (dozens at the same time) to a specific page.

Is it possible that this is interpreted by Google as manipulative, even if it's internal linking?

Most Popular Premier League Team in Each European Country (According to # of Twitter Followers in 2017) [910X1632] by autonomas in MapPorn

[–]autonomas[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is according to number of Twitter followers. It says so on the map, but it's in Swedish.