Bug 283087

Summary:	Avoid HTML links label with "here" only instead of a more descriptive text
Product:	[Websites] www.kde.org	Reporter:	Thomas Fischer <fischer>
Component:	general	Assignee:	kde-www mailing-list <kde-www>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	dev, dion, imalchow
Priority:	NOR
Version:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Gentoo Packages
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:

Description Thomas Fischer 2011-09-30 11:01:13 UTC

Version:           unspecified (using KDE 4.6.5) 
OS:                Linux

This is a general request for writing text for webpages. IMHO it makes it more difficult to find links when quickly browsing through page if links are labeled only with "here" (or "read this") instead of a more descriptive text.

Example: http://www.kde.org/support/mailinglists/
In the first paragraph, it reads "A full list can also be found _here_" where "here" is a link to the full list. As it happened, in my case there was a line break in the middle of the sentence, so that I overlooked the link when searching for the complete list of mailing lists.
Instead, the sentence should have been formulated like: "For a complete overview, see the _full list of all maining lists_."

If you (as the web designer/editor team) have a "best practice" list, I would recommend to add this tips.

Looking forward to see the webpage improving further. Keep up the (otherwise) good work!

Reproducible: Didn't try



Expected Results:  
Descriptive text for HTML links.

Comment 1 Thorsten Staerk 2011-10-07 05:39:29 UTC

I fully disagree. I find the "here" links so practical.

Comment 2 Dion Moult 2011-10-07 07:11:35 UTC

There is more to it than scanning through looking for links.

Link names are very important for SEO purposes. A link with "here" is much less SEO-friendly than a link with "list of KDE release archives".

Thomas is right, it is a good practice.

There are of course locations where this is not appropriate due to design space constraints, but that's what alt/title tags are for.

Comment 3 Felix Miata 2011-10-07 07:47:29 UTC

On using the word "here" for a link: http://www.useit.com/alertbox/designmistakes.html

Comment 4 Ingo Malchow 2012-12-18 15:28:07 UTC

As this is a more general approach than a single topic bug, i will close this. However, the reported link got corrected.
Note, our websites are written by many people over a long period of time. It indeed makes sense to follow a common approach, but it can't always be taken care this is done.