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'''Links''' should have meaningful text, something like "here" is not acceptable | '''Links''' should have meaningful text, something like "here" is not acceptable | ||
* it reads bad (How would you teach a child to speak? "...what are your pointing to...", "...what's the name of this ''thing''...") | |||
* there is no clue about the link target (or do you really want to force your reader to leave the text and read the link URL at the bottom of the browser window, or even long–tap the link in touchscreens?) | |||
* it's psychologically/pedagogically bad because you refuse valuable repetition of terminology | |||
== Bad text == | == Bad text == | ||
* here | |||
* click here | |||
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== Good text == | == Good text == | ||
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...there are a lot of articles about this issue | ...there are a lot of articles about this issue | ||
* [https://webaccess.berkeley.edu/ask-pecan/click-here What’s wrong with using "Click Here" links? | Web Access] | |||
* [https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2012/06/links-should-never-say-click-here/ Why Your Links Should Never Say "Click Here" – Smashing Magazine] | |||
* [http://www.htmlgoodies.com/primers/html/article.php/3478171 HTML Class: Creating Links to Other Pages] | |||
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[[Category:link]] | [[Category:link]] | ||
[[Category:meta]] | [[Category:meta]] | ||
Revision as of 21:46, 14 October 2018
Links should have meaningful text, something like "here" is not acceptable
- it reads bad (How would you teach a child to speak? "...what are your pointing to...", "...what's the name of this thing...")
- there is no clue about the link target (or do you really want to force your reader to leave the text and read the link URL at the bottom of the browser window, or even long–tap the link in touchscreens?)
- it's psychologically/pedagogically bad because you refuse valuable repetition of terminology
Bad text
- here
- click here
Good text
To find a good text for your link, you have to think a bit about your text, sometimes, you have to rewrite a section. If nothing helps, add a section that explicitly prepares for a list, make this list typographically obvious and use the page title of the link targets (there are helpful add-ons for browsers).
todo: add realistic examples
Further reading
...there are a lot of articles about this issue