Re:Don't use "click here" as link text – W3C
by quietbritishjim on Wednesday July 02, 2025 @10:40AM
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> > Get _Amaya_!
> That suggests a link to the Amaya website, not a download page. That's not effective for a download.
In all their examples, the link is to the homepage of the Amaya website, not some download page (never mind the actual download).
It seems their message is watered down quite a bit by conflating the issue around "click here", which as other comments have said is an accessibility issue, with whether the text accurately reflects the target.
> That suggests a link to the Amaya website, not a download page. That's not effective for a download.
In all their examples, the link is to the homepage of the Amaya website, not some download page (never mind the actual download).
It seems their message is watered down quite a bit by conflating the issue around "click here", which as other comments have said is an accessibility issue, with whether the text accurately reflects the target.