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page description as link or text?

         

indiandomain

3:31 pm on Apr 26, 2003 (gmt 0)

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i have a html page called widgets.html which im trying to rank in google.

on the top of the page i have a small description like this
'click below for the best info on blue widgets,red widgets,green widgets...blah blah'

should i have blue 'blue widgets,red widgets,green widgets' as a link or plain text.
so blue widgets will be a link to blue_widgets.html

whats better?

takagi

10:48 am on Apr 28, 2003 (gmt 0)

WebmasterWorld Senior Member 10+ Year Member



Please specify 'link text' and 'plain text'. From your question I understand you don't use graphics so for a link you will use something like:

click here for <a href="www.mydomain.com/blue_widget.html">blue widgets</a>.

or

click here for <a href="www.mydomain.com/blue_widget.html" title="blue widgets">blue</a> widgets.

But maybe I'm missing something.

BTW, it could help to rename the file from "blue_widgets.html" to "blue-widgets.html" as explained in the Differences between "-" and "_" in URL [webmasterworld.com] thread.

trillianjedi

10:53 am on Apr 28, 2003 (gmt 0)

WebmasterWorld Senior Member 10+ Year Member



Personally I would use link text, with the keywords in the anchor text, so you link to "http://www.widgets.com/blue_widgets" but the link text shows as "Blue Widgets".

I believe that carries more weight than plain text but you should look also into the options of H1 plain text.

TJ

mipapage

11:23 am on Apr 28, 2003 (gmt 0)

WebmasterWorld Senior Member 10+ Year Member



Do you mean that you want to put a link in your meta-description tag?