Anchor text

[ajaykr]

What is Anchor text .?

[zita]

Hi there,

Anchor text is nothing but the linked words on a web page that is the words you click on when you click a link.

[anirban09P]

Anchor text is the clickable text in a hyperlink. SEO best practices dictate that anchor text be relevant to the page you're linking to, rather than generic text. The blue, underlined anchor text is the most common as it is the web standard, although it is possible to change the color and underlining through html code. The keywords in anchor text are one of the many signals search engines use to determine the topic of a web page.

[RH-Calvin]

Anchor text is the keyword that is used to link to your website from external webpages. Anchor text is used to build your keyword ranking in search engines and also helps drive good traffic to your website.

[thuybk]

Anchor text is the clickable text in a hyperlink.
Ex: Free Joomla Templates (http://freemiumdownload.com/downloads/category/open-source/templates/joomla/)
free joomla template is an anchor text.

[daviddakarai]

Anchor text is the visible characters and words that hyperlinks display when linking to another document or location on the web. Search engines use this text to help determine the subject matter of the linked-to document.

[Rajdeep Bose]

Anchor text is the visible characters and words that hyperlink display when linking to another document or location on the web. Anchor text refers to the words that make up a link; they are the words that turn your mouse cursor into a finger-pointing hand. 'Anchor text can significantly improve your page relevance. Optimized Anchor text can boost your site ranking and targeted search engine traffic.

[stevenwatson011]

Anchor text is the visible characters and words that hyperlinks display when linking to another document or location on the web.

[harikri]

Anchor text refers to the words that make up a link; they are the words that turn your mouse cursor into a finger-pointing hand. For example, in the sentence, "I really like to go to this store," "this store" is anchor text for the link.

[sarveshseair]

Anchor text is the visible characters and words that hyperlinks display when linking to another document or location on the web.

[eunicemadeline]

Anchor text is the keywords with links.

[jane1]

The text or keyword phrase on which you create link is called hypertext. It is also present in signatures, references, and main keywords of text/content.

[irfan]

Use your brain before posting and use the search tool at right top corner. this question is already answered here.

http://forums.hostsearch.com/showthread.php?84714-Anchor-text&highlight=what+is+a+anchor+text

[ShaliniVerma]

The anchor text, link label, link text, or link title is the visible, clickable text in a hyperlink. The words contained in the anchor text can determine the ranking that the page will receive by search engines. Anchor texts normally remain below 60 characters.

http://rvtechnologies.co.in/ (http://rvtechnologies.co.in/)

[ramskl]

Anchor text is the clickable text in a hyperlink. SEO best practices dictate that anchor text be relevant to the page you're linking to, rather than generic text.

[saiburi]

These are keywords having hyperlinks on it. When you click on this keywords you reach on a web page.

[Bluesky94]

The anchor text, link label, link text, or link title is the visible, clickable text in a hyperlink. The words contained in the anchor text can determine the ranking that the page will receive by search engines. Since 1998, some web browsers have added the ability to show a tooltip for a hyperlink before it is selected. Not all links have anchor texts because it may be obvious where the link will lead due to the context in which it is used. Anchor texts normally remain below 60 characters. Different browsers will display anchor texts differently. Usually, web search engines analyze anchor text from hyperlinks on web pages. Other services apply the basic principles of anchor text analysis as well. For instance, academic search engines may use citation context to classify academic articles,and anchor text from documents linked in mind maps may be used too.