Monday, May 24, 2010

Click here SEO phenomenon

Have you ever searched for the phrase "click here" by mistake? If so, you probably wondered, how does Adobe Reader link get on top of the search results without any type of advertising from the vendor and the fact that your search phrase is not listed on that page at all. The answer lies deep beneath the surface of SEO (search engine optimization).

You must have seen pages with links to .PDF files, where webmasters offers a redirection to a free Adobe Reader tool for viewing such content. They write "If you need software to view this document click here" and turn the last two words into a hyperlink to Adobe Reader download site. Every time another webmaster uses the same strategy, search engine crawlers identify "click here" with a link to Adobe's site increasing corresponding PageRank.

Consequently, even though "click here" is not listed anywhere on the page, not in alt attributes of links or in meta tags, SEO algorithms rank the innocent Adobe Reader site the highest when searching for "click here".

10 comments:

Shawn said...

SEO is an ongoing process. Explore and you will find a better method that anyone wouldn't even know for the better rankings of your website.

iand said...

I always make sure that the keyword is hyperlinked to my site and not terms such as "click here" or "visit us." Linking the keyword adds more juice.

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Dominik Ras said...

That a really good practice iand, I think it also shows that you are not a content generating machine but a thinking human who cares about readers quick ability to link to relevant stuff.

Dominik Ras said...

Shawn, I agree! There's always a better ways of doing things lurking around the corner. You might need to be lucky to stumble upon it, when when you do, you have to be ready for that luck and be able to properly utilize to you best SEO advantage.

Good luck!!

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