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[edit] "Click here" in ads
I think I recall hearing once that people were more likely to click on ads with the text "click here". That might contradict the W3's suggestion that the phrase is useless, but I can't find a reference. -- Wmahan. 02:14, 16 October 2005 (UTC)
- OK, I couldn't find the study, but I found a few online advertising sites that recommended using "click here". The original article seemed a little biased against the phrase; if it were as egregious as the W3 claims, I doubt it would be so popular. I also think reading pages with a visual browser and mouse is by far the common case on many web pages. I'm not convinced that optimizing for less common situations like printed text is always the best choice. -- Wmahan. 02:45, 16 October 2005 (UTC)
I've seen print ads with underlined words and phrases that made the whole ad look like a web page with clickable links. I suppose this worked under the assumption that people's attention is drawn to links more than to the surrounding text.
- Loadmaster 19:15, 17 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] META
Do modern search engines really use META keywords and descriptions?
- Not META, but <META> about Metadata. lol. Anyway, according to the current revision of <META>, "many" search engines do, but Google doesn't. We should probably verify that, and try to include more information on the extent to which they are still used, (mostly for <META>, only partly for here). --Anaraug 22:28, 23 March 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Copyrighted term?
I seem to remember a while back that a company wanted to copyright the term "Click here". Or am I thinking of something else? If so, that should be added.Peter Tangney 02:34, 26 June 2006 (UTC)
- Erm, you probably mean “to register as a trademark”, not “to copyright”. Seems to me like an interesting but ultimately futile attempt, nevertheless. --TowerDragon 21:01, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] "Trolls"??
Since “Trolls” in this article probably does not refer to trolls, it needs to explain what the word means here. (And link to Internet troll.) --TowerDragon 21:06, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
Is the reference to trolls even appropriate? Why is '...for Wikipedia, _click here_...' more likely to be a shocksite than '...for _Wikipedia_...'? Surely giving the dupe a clear (wrong) idea as to what they're clicking on, would just make them *more* likely to click it. --82.2.143.202 09:31, 8 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Verb phrases and "click here"
Under the heading "Critics' recommendations", one reads:
Critics of the "click here" convention advise web designers to ensure that linked text says something about the link's subject or destination. They also advise against using verb phrases as links, recommending, for example, linking the words registered member in "Become a registered member" instead of linking click here in "To become a registered member, click here".
which, to me, reads as suggesting that "To become a registered member, click here." is acceptable linking practice. This is in contrast to the message of the rest of the article. JadeNB 22:03, 9 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Novelty
Has the use of "Click here" become a novelty? I've seen reviews which at the end point to the subject matter with the phrase "Clicky" for example. Obviously its not widespread, but still... I reckon it might be notable that people poke fun at the generic term on occassion. Gohst 10:37, 20 October 2006 (UTC)
