- Response Codes
- Internal No Response
- Internal Client Error (4XX)
- Internal Server Error (5XX)
- Internal Redirect Loop
- Internal Blocked by Robots.txt
- Internal Blocked Resource
- Internal Redirect Chain
- External Blocked Resource
- Internal Redirection (3XX)
- Internal Redirection (Meta Refresh)
- Internal Redirection (JavaScript)
- External No Response
- External Client Error (4XX)
- External Server Error (5XX)
- Security
- HTTP URLs
- Mixed Content
- Form URL Insecure
- Form On HTTP URL
- Missing HSTS Header
- Unsafe Cross Origin Links
- Protocol-Relative Resource Links
- Missing Content-Security-Policy Header
- Missing X-Content-Type-Options Header
- Missing X-Frames-Options Header
- Missing Secure Referrer-Policy Header
- Bad Content Type
- Hreflang
- Non-200 Hreflang URLs
- Missing Return Links
- Inconsistent Language & Region Confirmation Links
- Non-Canonical Return Links
- Noindex Returns Links
- Incorrect Language & Region Codes
- Multiple Entries
- Not Using Canonical
- Outside <head>
- Unlinked Hreflang URLs
- Missing Self Reference
- Missing X-Default
- JavaScript
- Noindex Only in Original HTML
- Nofollow Only in Original HTML
- Canonical Mismatch
- Uses Old AJAX Crawling Scheme URLs
- Uses Old AJAX Crawling Scheme Meta Fragment Tag
- Pages with Blocked Resources
- Contains JavaScript Links
- Contains JavaScript Content
- Page Title Only in Rendered HTML
- Page Title Updated by JavaScript
- Meta Description Only in Rendered HTML
- Meta Description Updated by JavaScript
- H1 Only in Rendered HTML
- H1 Updated by JavaScript
- Canonical Only in Rendered HTML
- Pages With JavaScript Errors
- Links
- Outlinks To Localhost
- Pages Without Internal Outlinks
- Non-Indexable Page Inlinks Only
- Internal Nofollow Outlinks
- Pages With High External Outlinks
- Pages With High Internal Outlinks
- Follow & Nofollow Internal Inlinks To Page
- Internal Nofollow Inlinks Only
- Pages With High Crawl Depth
- Internal Outlinks With No Anchor Text
- Non-Descriptive Anchor Text In Internal Outlinks
- AMP
- Non-200 Response
- Missing Non-AMP Return Link
- Missing Canonical to Non-AMP
- Non-Indexable Canonical
- Missing <html amp> Tag
- Missing/Invalid Doctype HTML Tag
- Missing Head Tag
- Missing Body Tag
- Missing Canonical
- Missing/Invalid Meta Charset Tag
- Missing/Invalid Meta Viewport Tag
- Missing/Invalid AMP Script
- Missing/Invalid AMP Boilerplate
- Contains Disallowed HTML
- Other Validation Errors
- Indexable
- Structured Data
- Validation Errors
- Missing
- Validation Warnings
- PageSpeed
- Eliminate Render-Blocking Resources
- Properly Size Images
- Defer Offscreen Images
- Minify CSS
- Minify JavaScript
- Reduce Unused CSS
- Reduce Unused JavaScript
- Efficiently Encode Images
- Serve Images in Next-Gen Formats
- Enable Text Compression
- Preconnect to Required Origin
- Reduce Server Response Times (TTFB)
- Preload Key Requests
- Reduce JavaScript Execution Time
- Serve Static Assets With An Efficient Cache Policy
- Minimize Main-Thread Work
- Image Elements Do Not Have Explicit Width & Height
- Avoid Large Layout Shifts
- Avoid Serving Legacy JavaScript to Modern Browsers
- Avoid Multiple Page Redirects
- Use Video Format for Animated Images
- Avoid Excessive DOM Size
- Ensure Text Remains Visible During Webfont Load
Non-Descriptive Anchor Text In Internal Outlinks
Pages that have internal outlinks with anchor text that is not descriptive, such as ‘click here’ or ‘learn more’ based upon the preferences under ‘Config > Spider > Preferences’.
Anchor text is the visible text and words used in hyperlinks that provide users and search engines context about the content of the target page.
How to Analyse in the SEO Spider
View URLs with this issue in the ‘Links’ tab and ‘Non-Descriptive Anchor Text In Internal Outlinks’ filter, and export all URLs using the ‘Export’ button.
Internal outlinks with non-descriptive anchor text can be seen in the ‘Outlinks’ tab, with the ‘All Link Types’ filter set to ‘Hyperlinks’, where the ‘Anchor Text’ column has words such as ‘click here’, or ‘learn more’.
Export in bulk via ‘Bulk Export > Links > Non-Descriptive Anchor Text In Internal Outlinks’.
The words used to trigger ‘Non Descriptive Anchor Text’ can be configured via ‘Config > Spider > Preferences’.
What Triggers This Issue
This issue is triggered when pages have internal outlinks with anchor text that is not descriptive, such as generic phrases like “click here” or “learn more”.
For example, if the following page:
https://www.screamingfrog.co.uk/
Had a link such as:
<a href="https://www.screamingfrog.co.uk/seo-spider/">Learn More</a>
How To Fix
Review the non-descriptive anchor text in outlinks and where appropriate update them to include useful and descriptive anchor text to help provide context to both users and search engines.
Further Reading
- Link best practices for Google - From Google