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I get kind of tired of always using the term “Click here to visit…” when linking to an adult site or putting an ALT/TITLE tag with an image.
Sometimes I’ll use “Take a look at…” or just “Visit…”
Are there no other creative ways to phrase this? What are some terms that you guys use?
I find descriptive terms are pretty good on my gay affiliate sites, “watch guy 1 do this to guy 2 on video >>” etc. Although, we are trying out the basic “Images courtesy of…” on a few blogs right now, and there doesn’t seem to be a big difference in click through at the moment.
I try and avoid “click here” I prefer things like “watch” or “see” or “get a 3-day trial.” I get lots of clicks, but sales are up and down. But my clicks to sponsors remain pretty constant.
I never say “Visit this site.”
For Link title tags, the only time I use them is when it’s not totally clear what a link is, so for example a link that says “read review” I might have a link title that is “read the review of the site”. Both acts as a explanation of what the link takes you to, but also then contain keywords.
I think it depends on the style of the content and the setting. I rarely add “click here” on the adult sites. I might add “click to download the hardcore video” or something like that, but it depends on the blog.
I always see it as dependent on the way you are selling. If it is on a site that is clearly intending to sell, you can get away with all the “sales speak” and sound like you really want guys to click it. But if you are running what comes across as an amateur blog, a personal site or something with more character to it, I think more subtle ways are more effective. So if you have a more conversational style of blogging you might have something like “check it out for yourself” or just a recognition of where the content came from like “images courtesy of…”
Interesting discussion though, I might have to have a look out there and see what others are doing and if there’s any clear data on it. There must be some analysis out there somewhere of the language with the most impact.
