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| Subject: | "Click Here" works - the proof | ||
| Author: | WilliamCharlwood: view profile | all posts by this author | add to favourites | ||
| Date: | 10:00:37 7 October 2004 | ||
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12% of readers of this thread have clicked my "click here" link according to my site stats. Of course, I could increase this figure dramatically if I incentivised the click with a phrase like "Click here to find out how to get paid by Google while you sleep."
This I suspect is where there is a more serious clash with styles: an explanatory click is like a feature. Links that get the clicks include a benefit statement.
Here are 2 options:
learn more about AdSense (feature style link that helps with accessibility)
learn how to get paid by Google while you sleep (benefit style link that doesn't help accessibility so much)
I know which one I'd rather use on a direct response site. On a pure info site I'd probably choose the former.
Writing effective link text, Trenton, 30 Sep 15:31 
But "Click Here" works, WilliamCharlwood, 30 Sep 17:21 
But "Click Here" works, Jay1265, 5 Oct 16:01 
But "Click Here" works, MichaelBatey, 5 Oct 16:45 
"Click Here" works - the proof, WilliamCharlwood, 7 Oct 10:00 