what is Anchor text?

[noahwilson]

Hi friends,
what is anchor text, its related to SEO or not, and what it's use? please help me to know that. so share your feedback about it.
Thanks for reply.

[Bazaar Promotio]

Anchor text is related to seo, when u are submitting your website in social bookmarking sites then you need to enter keywords, and that websites give you link back to your site. That keyword or word is anchor text.

[Budd]

Here is the code for anchor text <a href="link">Link Text</a>

[mitsay]

Anchor Text is the visible, clickable text in a hyperlink. In modern browsers, it is often blue and underlined,

[nnaman]

Anchor tag is a HTML tag used to create hyperlinks. It is used in SEO to create links to your website.

[webhostors]

Anchor text is the Visible text which has the hyperlink/link to a website embedded in it. It plays a main role in link building/keyword optimization. Lets say you want your site to be listed in the top position for a particular keyword, then do ON page optimization of the website/page for that particular keyword and use the same while building backlinks to the site. This will add a weightage to the keyword for that page.

[kemcar]

Anchor text is the highlighted keyword of a company, which is embedded in the content. Once clicked it takes to you to the company's website from the page you were visiting earlier. This is what helps in getting you back links.

[andrepitt77]

The anchor text, link label, link text, or link title is the visible, clickable text in a hyperlink. The words contained in the anchor text can determine the ranking that the page will receive by search engines.

[luciferdsouza]

Anchor text is a word or clause on which you put a link to navigate the user to a particular page.
In SEO it's very important as it attracts users.

[lumina]

Anchor text is the visible and clickable text in a hyperlink. It is also defined as hyperlinked words on a web page. It gives information to the viewer about the content of the page you are linking to.

[worldarticle]

Hello Buddies!!

The anchor text, link label, link text, or link title is the visible, clickable text in a hyperlink. The words contained in the anchor text can determine the ranking that the page will receive by search engines.

[reddykalpana87]

Anchor text are the tags that are linked with hyperlinks. when you clicked on those hyperlinks it will be directed to that link. Anchor texts are effective technique in SEO to increase visibility of particular keyword by linking to certain link.

[outure11]

<a href="link">Key word/Linkable Text</a>

[josephjohn4556]

Anchor tag is used to link a word/Text or keyword like this <a href="link">Key word/Linkable Text</a>.

[petrusahola6]

Anchor text refers to the words that make up a link; they are the words that turn your mouse cursor into a finger-pointing hand. For example, in the sentence, "I really like to go to this store," "this store" is anchor text for the link.