Webmaster Tip - How to link so that people will click

Don't use "click here" as link text

We have all seen it before, a site tells us to click here, but is that the best way to get someone interested in clicking? Here are some following dos and don'ts of linking:

How to link

If you want someone to click on your links, use brief but meaningful link text that:

• provides some information
  
• explains what the link offers
• is not a verb phrase

Don't do this - An example

Avoid the following sentence on your page:

To visit my blog, click here.

or:

To sign up to blogger, go to the Blogger Website and fill in the necessary form.

This doesn't explain what blogger is or offers

Instead try this - An example

If you want to call your reader to action, use something like:

Visit Webmasters Central!

A longer link text might be:

Tell me more about Blogger: A free blog creator that lets you create you very own blog.

I hope this little tip has helped. Good luck writing quality links!