Anchor text
Anchor text is the visible, clickable text of a link. Search engines use it as a clue to what the linked page is about.
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What Anchor text means
Natural anchor text is mostly brand names, URLs and descriptive phrases. Large numbers of exact-match keyword anchors ("best cheap CRM software") look manipulative, and Google's spam policies name keyword-rich anchors in press releases and guest posts as link schemes.