Do we need naked URL links in our Link profile?

[Paul]

I don't know who told you it. But its not the kind of information that one should spread around.

If you have naked links then it doesn't necessarily mean that your link profile will look natural and others who don't have will look unnatural.

And more importantly if you want the information to pass quickly to Google about what your page is all about then anchor text in the links are the best way to do it.

Now if you want so badly naked links in your profile then there are plenty of ways to get them. You can put them in directories.