Comments on: Click Here For More Information…On Something http://www.bruceclay.com/blog/2007/09/click-here-for-more-information-on-something/ SEO and Internet Marketing Blog Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:23:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Craig Mische http://www.bruceclay.com/blog/2007/09/click-here-for-more-information-on-something/#comment-16790 Craig Mische Tue, 25 Sep 2007 14:49:46 +0000 http://www.bruceclay.com/blog-test/2007/09/click-here-for-more-information-on-something/#comment-16790 <p>I have tried using both in posts. For example, I am a real estate broker and might post about <a href="http://www.lakecarlos.com" rel="nofollow">homes available on Lake Carlos</a> and will finish with <a href="http://www.lakecarlos.com" rel="nofollow">click here</a> to view the listings. </p> I have tried using both in posts. For example, I am a real estate broker and might post about homes available on Lake Carlos and will finish with click here to view the listings.

]]> By: Joost de Valk http://www.bruceclay.com/blog/2007/09/click-here-for-more-information-on-something/#comment-16789 Joost de Valk Thu, 20 Sep 2007 13:38:46 +0000 http://www.bruceclay.com/blog-test/2007/09/click-here-for-more-information-on-something/#comment-16789 Though I agree in part with you, I say using click here every once in a while is a GOOD practive, even for SEO's, because it makes your linkprofile look way more natural. Want to read more of my opinion on this? <a href="http://www.joostdevalk.nl/click-here-to-read-all-about-a-natural-link-profile/" rel="nofollow">click here</a> :) Though I agree in part with you, I say using click here every once in a while is a GOOD practive, even for SEO’s, because it makes your linkprofile look way more natural. Want to read more of my opinion on this? click here :)

]]> By: Brian Clark http://www.bruceclay.com/blog/2007/09/click-here-for-more-information-on-something/#comment-16788 Brian Clark Tue, 18 Sep 2007 04:41:52 +0000 http://www.bruceclay.com/blog-test/2007/09/click-here-for-more-information-on-something/#comment-16788 <p>>>Over at Copyblogger, Brian Clark is arguing that Google has made people retarded (yikes!) and brainwashed them into using poor, action-less, wordy anchor text.</p> <p>You're misstating what I said.</p> <p>>>assigning "click here" to every link on your site (also bad)</p> <p>You're misstating what I said.</p> <p>>>Jon said: He should have been far more clear that he wasn't talking about links within context</p> <p>I said at the beginning of the post and again at the end that this is something you would do only when you really want people to click through... it's conversion, not SEO or usability or any other field that struggles with basic salesmanship. </p> <p>It's ironic that people complain that "click here" is insulting to a reader's intelligence, when the comments to my post (and this post) clearly demonstrate that people struggle with reading comprehension.</p> <p> </p> >>Over at Copyblogger, Brian Clark is arguing that Google has made people retarded (yikes!) and brainwashed them into using poor, action-less, wordy anchor text.

You’re misstating what I said.

>>assigning "click here" to every link on your site (also bad)

You’re misstating what I said.

>>Jon said: He should have been far more clear that he wasn’t talking about links within context

I said at the beginning of the post and again at the end that this is something you would do only when you really want people to click through… it’s conversion, not SEO or usability or any other field that struggles with basic salesmanship.

It’s ironic that people complain that “click here” is insulting to a reader’s intelligence, when the comments to my post (and this post) clearly demonstrate that people struggle with reading comprehension.

]]> By: Ro http://www.bruceclay.com/blog/2007/09/click-here-for-more-information-on-something/#comment-16787 Ro Tue, 18 Sep 2007 00:10:14 +0000 http://www.bruceclay.com/blog-test/2007/09/click-here-for-more-information-on-something/#comment-16787 Um.. Why not use both? That's what I do, have an anchor keyword link in your article and make a link to the same content with the "read more" at the end of the excerpt and tag the "read more" one with nofollow. I could be wrong but that satisfies both requirements? Um.. Why not use both? That’s what I do, have an anchor keyword link in your article and make a link to the same content with the “read more” at the end of the excerpt and tag the “read more” one with nofollow. I could be wrong but that satisfies both requirements?

]]> By: Jon Kelly http://www.bruceclay.com/blog/2007/09/click-here-for-more-information-on-something/#comment-16786 Jon Kelly Mon, 17 Sep 2007 23:33:17 +0000 http://www.bruceclay.com/blog-test/2007/09/click-here-for-more-information-on-something/#comment-16786 <p>I had the same reaction to Brian's post today --ugh. Brian's example (the Sherpa newsletter) is about the only instance where "click here" make the most sense. He should have been far more clear that he wasn't talking about links within context (the vast majority of all links in social media, I would guess) but just the limited situtions where you are going for a "conversion" such as the Sherpa click through or to close a sale. </p> I had the same reaction to Brian’s post today –ugh. Brian’s example (the Sherpa newsletter) is about the only instance where “click here” make the most sense. He should have been far more clear that he wasn’t talking about links within context (the vast majority of all links in social media, I would guess) but just the limited situtions where you are going for a “conversion” such as the Sherpa click through or to close a sale.

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