Internal anchors and read more

Discussion in 'Search Engine Optimization' started by J8Diamonds, Aug 16, 2007.

  1. #1
    I have a landing page which gives a brief description of a channel and then directs users down it with the phrase "Read more about product X >>>".

    Now spiders don't seem to see the '>>>' if put in like that rather than their code, but if I have 5 or 6 products on the page what is the best way to entice users to read more without writing 'read more'?

    Suggestions welcome :)
     
    J8Diamonds, Aug 16, 2007 IP
  2. Voasi

    Voasi Active Member

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    I'm not sure what you're trying to ask here. Is the "Read More about Product X" the actual link?
     
    Voasi, Aug 16, 2007 IP
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    Often you will just have to trade off between perfect seo anchor text and readability/call to action in your link. I personally think 'read more about product x' is a good balance. You could also have something like:

    'click the below link to read more about product x'
    'perfect anchor text link'
     
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    J8Diamonds Active Member

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    Yes "Read more about product X" is the anchor text.

    Not a bad idea from jaybong, might try it :)
     
    J8Diamonds, Aug 16, 2007 IP
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    I've always thought that having nothing but keyword laden anchor text would appear unnatural to the search engines. Of course, that's just speculation on my part, but we all know that Google's algorithm's are pretty sophisticated. So I would leave a few "read more" links in place.
     
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    oseymour Well-Known Member

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    read more about product x, is a great choice...use a rollover effect and make the text standard link blue and underlined
     
    oseymour, Aug 16, 2007 IP