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From: Gareth Dart
Date: Jan 4, 2011 9:03AM

Hi guys,

I've been on and on at my content authors for the past three years to
stop using 'click here' or an URL as text for hyperlinks and instead to
use a short phrase which is a description of the content being linked
to, the rationale being that this is the friendliest approach to screen
readers.

Some of them have told me that they've read (no references given)
'somewhere online' that URLs should always be used for link text. I
haven't been able to find this anywhere, but wanted to check here too.

So, for the avoidance of doubt, what is best practice for link text?

Many thanks,

G

Gareth Dart
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