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Anchor Text Checker

Find links labelled "click here", "read more" and other text that describes nothing.

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What this checks

Anchor text tells both search engines and screen-reader users what is on the other end of a link. Vague labels waste that, and a page full of "read more" is genuinely harder to use for anyone navigating by links alone.

  • Every link with vague or generic anchor text
  • Links with no text at all, such as bare icons
  • Total link count

How to act on the result

  • Replace "read more" with what the reader will get: "read the pricing guide".
  • Icon-only links need an aria-label so they are not silent.
  • Descriptive anchor text is also an internal ranking signal, so this is worth fixing twice over.

Frequently asked

Why does anchor text matter?

It tells Google what the destination page is about, and it is how screen-reader users navigate when they pull up a list of links on a page. "Click here" is useless in both cases.

Is "read more" always bad?

On a blog listing where each excerpt is directly above its own link, it is understandable. It is still better to name the article.

Can I over-optimise anchor text?

Internally, rarely. Externally, yes: hundreds of inbound links all using the same exact commercial phrase looks manipulative and is a recognised spam pattern.

What about image links?

The image's alt text acts as the anchor text. An image link with no alt is the same problem as an empty text link.

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