Timeline for Which anchor text variation provides the best experience?
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| Dec 20, 2017 at 21:17 | history | edited | dennislees | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Nov 19, 2014 at 0:28 | vote | accept | Zaenille | ||
| Nov 18, 2014 at 15:23 | comment | added | Lie Ryan | Someone totally unfamiliar with computers that they don't know what links looks like probably wouldn't know what "click" means either, and they're probably going to be using a tablet or mobile phone, in which case they'll be looking for a mouse to connect to their phone. | |
| Nov 18, 2014 at 13:41 | history | edited | dennislees | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Nov 18, 2014 at 6:59 | comment | added | dennislees | @IAmJulianAcosta (and Jason C) I think these are valid concerns and I've tried to fold them into an addition to my answer. | |
| Nov 18, 2014 at 6:57 | history | edited | dennislees | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Nov 18, 2014 at 6:05 | comment | added | Jason C | @IAmJulianAcosta For users who are new to a computer, it is not the responsibility of your anchor text to also function as an introductory course to web browsing (statement also holds for the dialog button analogy described above). That can be done elsewhere (such as in an actual introductory course to web browsing). For links that don't look like a link, the actual solution is a better page style, not instructional text in the link. | |
| Nov 18, 2014 at 3:23 | comment | added | IAmJulianAcosta | For most users, this part of the article is true: "Users know what a link is and how to use a mouse." I really think that not all users know what a link is, specially when they are new to using a computer, and/or links are poorly designed and they don't look like a link. I agree with you about all you said, but I think that that apply to most user, not all. | |
| Nov 18, 2014 at 3:19 | history | answered | dennislees | CC BY-SA 3.0 |