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Why “click here” is a terrible link, and what to write instead

May 7, 2015 Stephanie Leary 12 Comments

An astonishing percentage of what I do with my clients' web copy involves eradicating the phrase "click here" from their links. For more information, click here. You see it everywhere. Everyone's doing it, so it must be a best practice, right? Wrong. It's the worst possible … [Read more...] about Why “click here” is a terrible link, and what to write instead

Blogging, Web Design, Writing accessibility, click here, copywriting, writing for the web

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