An anchor (...) is a HTML element used to define the link between the current element (the anchor) and the destination (URI).
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Check old urls for backlinks - same domain new design and urls
I have a client who recently did a re-design on his website. The designer did not put any effort in keeping the same url or do any redirect. Ive made a list of the old urls, what I want to do now is ...
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Link goes to specific location of page
What makes the user go to a specific location on a new html page? Not the current page. For example, when you click this link, you don't end up starting at the top like you normally would.
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Importance of 'href' attribute within an <a>
I am aware of the 'content is king' seo rule, but I'm also wondering whether empty <a> HTML elements is a relatively big downside regarding SEO.
To be more precise and actually cut to the ...
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rel=“nofollow” SEO impact
I saw a technique used where there was a block with three parts:
1. Image (wrapped in an anchor tag)
2. Heading (anchor tag with heading text)
3. Paragraph (regular p tag with synopsis content)
e.g.
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do text ads count as backlinks?
Do text link ads, like the ones from text-link-ads.com act as backlinks ? Surly they work as normal anchor text, but are search engines wise to this technique and just not count them ?
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Backlink anchor text and Local SEO
If I have a business in, say Tampa Florida, and we offer irrigation services, and I want to create some backlinks for a SEO campaign, should I use "Tampa Florida Irrigation Services" as my anchor ...
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Name attribute is obsolete, what is the correct behavior when dealing with anchors?
Putting some code through the html5 validator, I get this:
Warning: The name attribute on the a
element is obsolete. Consider putting
an id attribute on the nearest
container instead.
I ...
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Do anchors in urls affect ranking in seo?
Do anchors in urls affect ranking in seo?
<a href="website.com/cotton">link 1</a>
As oposed to:
<a href="website.com/cotton#green">link 2</a>
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<a> link color CSS not working for Chrome/Firefox/IE/Safari etc [closed]
Here is my site: http://dosrevival.com
I can't seem to get the links to stop turning purple after being clicked in Chrome and IE (works in some Firefox versions?!?). In my CSS file I'm changing the ...
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Can missing anchors be logged?
If I have a broken link it gets logged with a 404. If I have a link to an anchor and the anchor is missing, I don't get an entry in the log. How can I find those broken anchor links, especially if the ...
