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"Click Here" is extremely bad. (Google for reasons)
Google just provides a whole bunch of unrelated links.
What search term should I use to get the reasons to which you refer?
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Bill H wrote:
"Click Here" is extremely bad. (Google for reasons)
Google just provides a whole bunch of unrelated links.
What search term should I use to get the reasons to which you refer?
The google terms would be "click here" accessibility.

Here's the relevant link in the accessibility guidelines:
http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG10-HTML-TECHS/#link-text
WCAG wrote:Good link text should not be overly general; don't use "click here." Not only is this phrase device-dependent (it implies a pointing device) it says nothing about what is to be found if the link if followed
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Thanks for the reference. I was so relieved to see that my own site (which I feared might have the "click here" in it) had instead, "Follow the hand for more information."

But the device-dependency rang a bell and I discovered that the hand in question is far too late in the tabbing sequence for people that might not be using a mouse. Work to be done.
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Bill H wrote:Thanks for the reference. I was so relieved to see that my own site (which I feared might have the "click here" in it) had instead, "Follow the hand for more information."

But the device-dependency rang a bell and I discovered that the hand in question is far too late in the tabbing sequence for people that might not be using a mouse. Work to be done.
I am the first to stand up and say that I don't always hit the 100% mark on accessibility. I do have at least some "click here" links left in my game.

I do intend to fix them, and as time goes on, we get closer to being fully accessible. Its a process, and each step of the way should be a reward for accomplishing it, not a punishment for what we haven't done yet.

Keep up the good work. :)
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