Why oh why do people do this?

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   Doug Champigny
   Twitter: Mentoring4U
   on March 30, 2009 at 4:42 pm

   As always, a really powerful & helpful suggestion for your readers, Mike!

   In addition, many programs and sites offer tracking URLs so people can see how effective each link is, so they can use those as well – and I KNOW how much you love tracking!

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   Mike Reply:
   March 30th, 2009 at 5:05 pm

   Oh yes lots more about that such as cloaking and tracking but for bloggers just understanding how to hyperlink is important.

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   Andre Arnett on March 30, 2009 at 4:58 pm

   Thanks Mike, it took me a while to understand that WordPress had that ability. It really does make a difference with your readers. And don’t feel bad about talking to yourself, I would only be worried if you started to answer. -:)

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   Joel Osborne
   Twitter: JoelOsborne
   on March 30, 2009 at 5:13 pm

   This is a great post Mike! I too see this mistake, and I “assume” I use to do it myself when I first started.

   But it’s true, people don’t like clicking on big long links, so we need to help them out and make them shorter and more simple.

   We always have to be testing and tracking these things to know what will work best.

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   Ric Raftis on March 30, 2009 at 5:40 pm

   Well I’m not sure whether to leave a comment or not Mike seeing you have these delusional ideas that no-one else can contribute to an intelligent conversation.. LOL.

   Yes, you are absolutely right. Anchor text links are very easy to do and apart from the “attractiveness” of the way the link is formulated, they are also great for SEO.

   Cheers,

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   Mike Reply:
   March 30th, 2009 at 5:43 pm

   Ah it is only some times and mainly at home. Now to hope that Maude does not see this blog post and I will be okay.

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   Fred Lotgering on March 30, 2009 at 5:53 pm

   Mike great post. Well explained. No reason not to use, except sometimes laziness.

   Fred

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   Lonnie Minton on March 30, 2009 at 6:39 pm

   Mike, as always you give informative and useful tips. I hope I am starting to avoid this mistake. I have been using this hyperlink a phrase concept for a while.

   Good post. Keep the tips coming.

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   Bill Becker on March 30, 2009 at 8:44 pm

   Mike:
   Great tip for making our links look clean and professional. Guess the wife is right, I do need to read the directions occasionally. I wouldn’t worry about talking to yourself, I do it all the time. The only time it bothers me is when I get into an argument and lose;-)
   Wishing you a larger life,
   BB

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   Brett McEllhiney on March 30, 2009 at 10:12 pm

   You make a great point here Mike.

   It really doesn’t take that much longer to do so I think that a lot of times people just get in a hurry and don’t really stop to think about the differences that it might make to the person stopping by to read their blog.

   You are right though, it does make a difference and people just need to stop and look at their blog from the perspective of their reader once in a while.

   BTW: I sure hope one of those blogs wasn’t mine!
   (I’m sure I am guilty of doing this myself even though I try not to)

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   Alex Newell
   Twitter: AlexNewell
   on March 31, 2009 at 1:36 am

   It’s a lack of care and attention that you see in lots of autoresponder broadcasts too. How many emails do you get which start with [firstname] rather than your name? The sender has not tested their broadcast and in my view this lack of professionalism alienates the reader…

   All The Best

   Alex

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    Ron Barrett on April 2, 2009 at 6:37 am

    Mike…great information for those who are struggling with some of the basic things in writing blog posts.

    Keep up the great work.

    Ron

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    Earl Netwal
    Twitter: EarlNetwal
    on April 4, 2009 at 8:44 am

    Simple and straight forward. Great suggestion and clear explanation.

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    Richard Moloney on April 5, 2009 at 2:54 pm

    Mike

    You are right it is so easy that to not cloak the ugly links does put people off.

    My blog is at http://www.richardmoloneyblog.com if you would like to have a look.

    Richard

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    Jim Symcox on April 6, 2009 at 11:47 am

    Hi Mike,

    Good points.

    I suspect people don’t go that extra step and make the link more inviting because they’re in such a hurry to get something, anything, out onto the Internet before someone else takes their prospects!

    Jim

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    Ron Passfield on April 8, 2009 at 2:21 pm

    I agree that not using anchor text is a function of either lack of time or lack of understanding. I don’t think people appreciate that it pays to have anchor text that is different to the text incorporated in the URL. Anchor text on sites such as Squidoo are great drawcards for Google.

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    Brad Durkin on April 9, 2009 at 12:17 pm

    Thanks!!!

    I’m horrible with computers and you just helped me so much!

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