what is anchor text ?

[jullieroslin]

hi,
i am new here can you give me some tips about anchor text.

[wulaishiwo]

For more details, you can search in Wiki or google. Anchor text, telling from its name, is the text between Anchors(<a>tag in html). As the following example,

<a href=”http://www.goabercrombie.com/”>Abercrombie Store</a>

The red text Abercrombie Store is the anchor text for this hyperlink (or text link as it is sometimes called).

In SEO, we often use Anchor text and the hyperlink to do backlinks, which can help up to improve the PR value in Google.

[Click SSL]

Anchor text is the visible, click-able text in a hyperlink. The words comprised in the anchor text can work out the ranking that the page will obtain by search engines. Your anchor text should really include the key word you are trying to target.

[cruise24]

Yes, actually this is the part of the text which is linked to a different website or another page or section of your own website. For on page SEO proper selection of anchor text plays a significant role!

[arun@maxixx.com]

Anchor text has so much importance in link building work.My all friend told you above in this thread about anchor text.According to me,when you start SEO then first you do keyword research and target some keywords for your link building work.And when you place that keywords in your link building work that is called anchor text.Placement of anchor text is so necessary because it helps to get high rank for that keyword.
Thanks for a great discussion here.

[SmithJones]

Anchor Text is the visible, click able text in a hyperlink. In modern browsers, it is often blue and underlined

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Smith Jones

[odlanor9]

Anchor text are the words that you see highlighted in blue and underlined when you are at a website. There is code behind the anchor text that takes you to a specific webpage when clicked. The html code for this is as follows:

<a href="http://YourWebsite.com">the text you want your visitors to see</a>

[ella.boswell]

The anchor text is the visible click able text in a hyperlink. Anchor text is important part in SEO because search engines use it in their algorithms to determine their rankings.

[aquariusmediaaseo]

I am agreed with wulaishiwo..

For more details, you can search in Wiki or google. Anchor text, telling from its name, is the text between Anchors(<a>tag in html). As the following example,

<a href=”http://www.goabercrombie.com/”>Abercrombie Store</a>

The red text Abercrombie Store is the anchor text for this hyperlink (or text link as it is sometimes called).

In SEO, we often use Anchor text and the hyperlink to do backlinks, which can help up to improve the PR value in Google.

[atcomaartltd]

Generally we consider our keywords as anchor text, because we put link on our keywords with the help of anchor tag <a> and </a>. So the the text between the anchor tag is considered as anchor text.

[NdotIndia]

<a href="your link">your keyword</a>

here your keyword is the anchor text.

[pollostar]

Anchor text refers to the words that make up a link.Its sometimes referred to as clickable text. Anchor text is the visible text of a hyper link.
Anchor text usually gives visitors information about the content of the page you are linking to .
Anchor text is not only useful for helping web surfers to click on a link and go to the appropriate website or page,but it also helpful for boosting a website's search engine ranking.

[westernsoftware10]

anchor text is way to go another site.......

[ElijahJett]

Anchor text is the visible characters and words that hyperlink display when linking to another document or location on the web.
Code Sample
<a href="http://www.example.com">Example Anchor Text</a>