SEO Tip: Don't Use the Term "CLICK HERE" For Anything!

It seems a lot of us need work on this SEO thing...

My source is from consultants from the  Traffic and Conversion Austin Summit- guys that do SEO day in and day out for millionaire companies. These are mentors of mine for years now and who have been doing SEO for over 14 years. Every thing they have said has proven to be true. Right now there are webmasters all over the SEO forums freaking out over the last shift Google put out the other day. They are all trying to figure out why their sites are dropping when they are not spam , etc yet the mentors I studied under for years are still keeping the companies who hire them up on top.

I am not talking about doing this on a website, I am talking about linking to your website from other places. Google does not expect Click here on your site, but a human being not trying to manipulate the SEs would write on a blog post somewhere, to click here.

But also, this is geographical also. When you have a site in many parts of Florida where we are still teaching our sellers how to open up an email are going to need the direction of Click here because they don't even know that the hyperlink is something to click. They think that is an underlined phrase that is there because it is important. So using terms like click here depend on where you live and work to. Of course in Seattle, 99% of the people there know what a hyperlink is for, in the deep south, not always the case especially in areas where the average age may be 70 years old plus.

And when SEO does not matter for a particular post it is also ok to use such terms. Like when I post photos of my family I just say click here for other photos. I don't want SEO for those kinds of posts.

Thanks for blogging about this tip, Tammy! I learned this a while ago, but it's great info for those who weren't aware of the "click here" usage in relation to SEO. :)

Leilani

Lori- Write the keyword like:

Tulsa Downtown Bridge- Click to enlarge photo.

This way you still have your keyword but you also still are directing someone to be able to show them how to enlarge the image.

I just changed my blog for tonight so that it won't say click here on it.  Thanks for the tip!

Tammy - Great information!  Anchor text is supremely important for any links.  Nicely done.

Tammy - You learn something new everyday on AR.  Thanks for the info!

Cheers from Lake Tahoe,

~Grace Yee

Tammy, thanks for the info. I always try to make it a point to use a word/phrase associated with what I want them to click to.  Good advice.

Tammy, thank you for the reminder, I was told this recently by my web designer but its always good to read again...thanks for sharing!

Tammy ~ I thnk I may have been guilty of this in the past, but never will I make this mistake again.

It's amazing how many many huge companies still use the "click here". I have to laugh every time I see it.

Tammy, well, I'm one of the ones who obviously wasn't in the know!  I stopped using click here, but haven't been smart about what I replaced it with.  Back to the drawing board.  And thanks - makes perfect sense.  DUH!!!

Hi Tammy, great reminder! Vic

Tammy,

No More Click here for me :)

I know this is an older post but it's a Great post! My clients do not do much of their own posting with links, but when I see them do the old "Click Here" I have to get on them! :-)  Sometimes we all need a refresher to clean up our posts! Thanks!

Thanks for directing me here to this post, from your featured blog today!  I plan on reading all of your great SEO themed posts!  Kathy