# Anchor text

URL: https://xodia.ai/glossary/anchor-text
Description: Anchor text is the visible, clickable words of a link, which tell readers and search engines what the linked page is about.
Last updated: 2026-11-08

Anchor text is the visible, clickable words of a link, which tell readers and search engines what the linked page is about.

Updated November 8, 2026

## What it is

"See pricing for teams" says where a link goes; "click here" doesn't. Descriptive anchor text helps screen reader users who skim a page by its links, and gives search engines context about the target page.

Icon-only links need a text label for the same reason, and the same words shouldn't point at different pages. Within a page, links in the body copy are worth more to readers than a long list of links in the footer.

## In Xodia

Xodia's link check flags vague link text: empty links, icons without a label, and a bare "click here" or "read more". Your AI fixes them so each link says where it goes.

In Design you can select a link and change its text and address in the panel, and the site linking skill has your AI write descriptive anchors when it adds links.

## Read more

- [Checks](https://xodia.ai/product/checks)
- [The visual editor](https://xodia.ai/product/visual-editor)

## Related terms

- [Orphan page An orphan page is a page no other page links to, so visitors can't find it by clicking around and search engines may miss it or treat it as unimportant.](https://xodia.ai/glossary/orphan-page)
- [Alt text Alt text is a short written description of an image, set in its alt attribute, that screen readers read aloud and that shows when the image can't load.](https://xodia.ai/glossary/alt-text)
- [Canonical URL A canonical URL is the one address a page declares as its main version, with a link rel="canonical" tag, so search engines combine duplicates under it.](https://xodia.ai/glossary/canonical-url)

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