what is anchor text?

Anchor text is the clickable text in a hyperlink.The anchor text is also known as the link label or link title. The words contained in the anchor text helps determines the ranking that the page will receive by search engines such as Google or Yahoo and Bing. Not all links have anchor texts.

 

Anchor text is the text used to describe a link when turning it into a hyperlink using HTML or XHTML coding.

 

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.

 

An 'anchor' is either a link to another page or a link to the same page.

 

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

 

Anchor text is basically a clickable word or a combination of words (usually a keyword) placed within the article body or in the resource box/author bio section of the article. The article directories that use HTML submission forms like Ezinearticles.com allow you to place anchor text in resource box at the end of an article. It is important to note that the keyword you use as anchor text should be used in the article body as well. You will have better chances of ranking in Google for that keyword if you have used it in the article body. You can use anchor text in your website as well to improve internal linking but HTML tags are not required in advanced CMS systems like WordPress.