which anchor style is better? are they all the same for SEO? is it proper to put "<font>" tags at anchor text place? form1: <a href="http : // URL"><font size="4">anchor text</font></a> form2: <font size="4"><a href="http : // URL">anchor text</a></font> regards,
The font tag is deprecated; you shouldn't use it at all. Instead, you should apply semantic coding and use CSS to style the appearance of your links.
I disagree that the size depreceates the vlaue of the link. I have not seen proof of this in my 9 years of internet marketing.
actually I want to ask is it proper to put any type of tags at anchor text place? or we shall put less tags in between example <strong>, <h1>, class, .... <a href="http : // URL"><strong>anchor text</strong></a> <a href="http : // URL"><h1>anchor text</h1></a> <a href="http : // URL"><img class="x" src="/x.gif" alt="x" border="0" /></a>
The font tag doesn't depreciate the value; the tag itself is deprecated (2 different words there, I think you missed my meaning). Please note: http://www.w3schools.com/tags/tag_FONT.asp "The font element was deprecated in HTML 4.01. The font element is not supported in XHTML 1.0 Strict DTD"
Both forms you have listed there will work the same, it does not matter where you size the anchor text. It can go before the href tag, or after. Either way you will see the same result as the bots will not favor anyone in particular. And yes the font tag is depreciated, look into using CSS instead. You have more flexibility when it comes time to making changes on your site. Change your CSS file and those changes will take place sitewide, this prevents you from having to go back and change your font color, size, style, etc. on each page.