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Re: Link text best practice

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From: Carol Wheeler
Date: Jan 4, 2011 10:00AM

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Meaningful links also help with SEO and Google page rank, arguments
folks who don't care about accessibility will consider. So no "click
here to" but "read about phytochemicals" works for everybody. Well,
everybody who cares about phytochemicals.<br>
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On 1/4/2011 11:37 AM, Jon Brundage wrote:
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<pre wrap="">Using a description of the link destination or action is a good accessibility practice.

Jon</pre>
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