Comments on: Using "Click Here" Is Probably Hurting Your Site

By: Paul

Paul — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 03:04:05 +0000

Very true, I always say To read more about href blah, click here, and add another href on ‘here’

By: Mari

Mari — Thu, 08 May 2008 21:54:29 +0000

Oh man. I’d never considered this before. :makes a note to stop using “click here”: I’m the “click here queen”. ugh!! I don’t think I’ve put any “click heres” on the last handful of posts, but I think I’ll find the time to go back and make sure…Very, very good point!

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By: Dawud Miracle

Dawud Miracle — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 17:14:41 +0000

Patrick,

I know. I still have some editing to do as well. Glad I could bring it up for you.

By: Patrick Schaber

Patrick Schaber — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 17:09:59 +0000

Dawud,
Excellent point – this is one of those things you don’t think about until someone brings it up. You’ve inspired me to go back and do some editing!

Thanks,
Pat

By: Dawud Miracle

Dawud Miracle — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 01:40:28 +0000

Molly,

Thanks. I thought the various click here’s would drive the point home a bit more too. Anything I can do to make blogger’s, business owner’s and site visitor’s lives better, I’m for it.

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By: Molly Gordon

Molly Gordon — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 00:14:41 +0000

Terrific post, Dawud. I especially enjoyed the various outgoing links associated with Click Here – vividly demonstrated your point. I enjoy how you think.

By: Dawud Miracle

Dawud Miracle — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 14:22:20 +0000

Phil,

Thanks. I had fun creating this post. And I think it makes great conversation. We’ve probably all used click here. I know I have.

What funny is that the top four companies on Google’s search are for downloads of Acrobat, QuickTime, RealPlayer and Media Player – all downloads that you would say, “to download the player, click here.”

And I’m sure they got that position out of shear volume of visits.