Index: src/java/org/apache/nutch/parse/ParseOutputFormat.java
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--- src/java/org/apache/nutch/parse/ParseOutputFormat.java	(revision 426390)
+++ src/java/org/apache/nutch/parse/ParseOutputFormat.java	(working copy)
@@ -121,6 +121,13 @@
             } catch (Exception e) {
               toUrl = null;
             }
+            
+            // we ignoring links where source and target are identically 
+            // for example page anchors
+            
+            if (key.toString().equals(toUrl)) {
+              toUrl = null; 
+            }
             if (toUrl != null) validCount++;
             toUrls[i] = toUrl;
           }