Website 101 Podcast

'Click Here' Hurts Your SEO and UX: Why It's Time to Change

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In this episode of Website 101, Sean Smith and Mike Mele discuss the importance of avoiding the phrase 'click here' in link labeling and its impact on SEO and user experience.

Mike gives a brief history of where Click here comes from.

Mike has advice on how to make your links stand out so that click here is not necessary. we also go over the negative SEO impact of using click here.

We also talk about how the the internet body that determines and publishes about web standards: The W3C has decided to use Craft CMS to publish their website.

Timestamps

[00:00] Intro

[00:20] Topic begins

[01:20] Reasons for avoiding "click here"

[07:07] W3C guidelines for link labeling

[09:36] W3C guidelines continued

[12:25] Accessibility considerations when labeling links

[14:43] Accessibility continued

[15:01] Encouraging listener feedback and guest suggestions

[15:30] Upcoming episodes for season 4

Show Links
  • Mike's Blog: Don't Say 'Click Here'
  • Smashing Magazine: Click Here
  • W3C: Don't use "click here" as link text
  • W3C Selects Craft CMS
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