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I've seen various arguments against using the phrase "cl... text. The most common one is "not everyone can click", c... the "link text should be descriptive" argument.
I believed this for a while, but after thinking about it ...

Use "click here" as link text
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I've seen various arguments against using the phrase "click here" for link text. The most common one is "not everyone can click", closely followed by the "link text should be descriptive" argument.

I believed this for a while, but after thinking about it more I've decided that "click here" is perfectly OK, if not the best thing to use, in many situations.

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<p>I've seen various arguments against using the phrase "click here" for link text. The most common one is "not everyone can click", closely followed by the "link text should be descriptive" argument.</p> <p>I believed this for a while, but after thinking about it more I've decided that "click here" is perfectly OK, if not the best thing to use, in many situations.</p> <p></p>