http://www.combridges.com/2007/09/the-click-here-link-text-debate-is-over/ Fri, 02 Dec 2011 09:56:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= http://www.combridges.com/2007/09/the-click-here-link-text-debate-is-over/comment-page-1/#comment-47 Jon Leland Sat, 22 Sep 2007 16:02:00 +0000 http://www.combridges.com/2007/09/the-click-here-link-text-debate-is-over/#comment-47 You are one smart dude, Andrew. That makes total sense. Another perspective is that for marketers who are looking for better results vs bloggers who are offering more of a personal service (or however you want to say this), "click-through-rates" increase when you add a "click here to..." to a link. This is good to know as long as it's relevant to what you are doing. Thanks for the most excellent comment. You are one smart dude, Andrew. That makes total sense. Another perspective is that for marketers who are looking for better results vs bloggers who are offering more of a personal service (or however you want to say this), “click-through-rates” increase when you add a “click here to…” to a link. This is good to know as long as it’s relevant to what you are doing. Thanks for the most excellent comment.

]]> http://www.combridges.com/2007/09/the-click-here-link-text-debate-is-over/comment-page-1/#comment-45 Andrew Sat, 22 Sep 2007 05:30:00 +0000 http://www.combridges.com/2007/09/the-click-here-link-text-debate-is-over/#comment-45 I think it's contextual. Sometimes you need it, sometimes you don't. In a blog post, for example, nobody needs me to tell them to click here if I'm just referencing <a HREF="http://papercuts.blogs.nytimes.com/" REL="nofollow">Dwight Garner's wonderful blog at the New York Times</a>. I think "click here" works best when it functions like a hyperlinked <a HREF="http://gawker.com/news/village-voice/village-voice-chuck-eddy-has-left-the-building-168111.php" REL="nofollow">MORE</a> link that expands what you're already reading. I think it’s contextual. Sometimes you need it, sometimes you don’t. In a blog post, for example, nobody needs me to tell them to click here if I’m just referencing Dwight Garner’s wonderful blog at the New York Times. I think “click here” works best when it functions like a hyperlinked MORE link that expands what you’re already reading.

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