What is the Anchor text ?

[GRONEX PRIYA]

Anchor text is the text that appears highlighted in a hypertext link that can be clicked to open a target web page.

 

[amar495]

Anchor text is the visible, clickable text of a link. It usually appears in a different color than the surrounding text and is often underlined. Good anchor text tells the reader what to expect if they click on the link.

 

[nikki shah]

Wow! We didn't knew this

 

[RH-Calvin]

Anchor text is the clickable text in a hyperlink. SEO best practices dictate that anchor text be relevant to the page you're linking to, rather than generic text. The blue, underlined anchor text is the most common as it is the web standard, although it is possible to change the color and underlining through html code.

 

[erikasbeautystudio]

He seems to be implying that Google uses anchor text to help understand the context of the link and thus, it may be a “ranking factor

 

[pharmasecure]

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.

Anchor text is the clickable text in a hyperlink. SEO best practices dictate that anchor text be relevant to the page you're linking to, rather than generic text. The blue, underlined anchor text is the most common as it is the web standard, although it is possible to change the color and underlining through html code.

 

[Pillars]

Anchor text is the clickable text in a hyperlink that links to another location or document on the web.