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# Anchor Text

> Anchor text is the visible, clickable text in a hyperlink that signals to search engines and AI systems the topic and relevance of the linked destination page.

*Technical implementation* · *Technical SEO*

## Definition

Anchor text is the visible, clickable text in a hyperlink that signals to search engines and AI systems the topic and relevance of the linked destination page. Descriptive anchor text — using the target page's entity name or topic — communicates stronger relevance signals than generic text like "click here."

## Why It Matters for AI Search

Anchor text contributes to entity association signals. When authoritative pages link to a brand using its entity name or category descriptor, those co-occurring link signals reinforce the brand's topic associations in AI knowledge systems. For internal linking, using entity-explicit anchor text — linking to a glossary entry using the term name, linking to a service page using the service name — builds clear semantic relationships between pages that AI systems can follow.

## Related Terms

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  <Card title="Internal linking" href="/ai-search-glossary/internal-linking" />

  <Card title="Link equity" href="/ai-search-glossary/link-equity" />

  <Card title="Entity co-occurrence" href="/ai-search-glossary/entity-co-occurrence" />

  <Card title="Co-citation" href="/ai-search-glossary/co-citation" />

  <Card title="Technical SEO" href="/ai-search-glossary/technical-seo" />
</CardGroup>

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