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This is about a category page that lists products in it, you click one and go to the actual product page (not sure if there's a common term for that kind of pages). I worked with a person some time ago who claimed that it's better to, where possible, wrap the thumbnails and item names with one common parent anchor <a>
tag.
Here's an example:
<a href="/product1">
<img src="/product1.jpg" alt="Product One">
<h4>Product One</h4>
</a>
vs. the traditional
<a href="/product1">
<img src="/product1.jpg" alt="Product One">
</a>
<h4>
<a href="/product1">Product One</a>
</h4>
Let's say we can style them both equally and there's no difference from that perspective, what would be better for SEO?
<a>
element... this was written in HTML5 spec several years back. – Simon Hayter♦ Dec 26 '16 at 20:53