Links Name / Title

[editordude]

In the eyes of a Search Engine, what is the difference between the two? I am talking of a link code:

<a href="#" name="" title="">.com</a>

I've seen high ranking sites use either, but never both at the same time. What would make the decision between the two?

[leadegroot]

They do different things

<a name="something"></a>

will be a hook that pages like [example.com...] will link to.
But

<a href="aPage.html" title="more meaningful description">link text</a>

is an actual anchor that goes off to somewhere.