Internal links without anchor text

Severity: Opportunity
Impact: Low
Effort to fix: Low
Issue code: anchor_empty

Why it matters

Links with no text and no image alt text give no context about the target page.

How to fix it

Add descriptive link text, or alt text to linked images.

How it affects your score

Finding this issue on any page costs the Internal Linking score 0.5 points, plus up to 4 more depending on the share of crawled pages affected. A smaller improvement with a modest effect on its own.

Find the affected URLs

Open Crawl > Issues and pick Internal links without anchor text. Each affected URL is listed with its evidence, and Copy URLs or Export URLs hands the list to a developer. The issue also appears in the Action Plan, ranked by impact (low) and effort (low), and in the issues CSV under the code anchor_empty. After fixing, run a new audit and use Compare to confirm the URLs moved to fixed.

Guides that cover this issue

Duplicate content, URLs and anchor text