Explanatory anchor text = better SEO results

February 17, 2025

Hi Siftrs,

Every food blogger knows that adding internal links on anchor text in posts is an easy way to help search engines find, index, and better understand the posts and pages on their food blog.

Frankly, that’s SEO 101.

But few food bloggers take advantage of the big ol’ SEO opportunity that comes with writing good explanatory anchor text for internal links.

Now that, that’s SEO 701!

Today, Siftr editors report on why using explanatory anchor text, rather than basic anchor text, is uniquely crucial for food blogs.

Plus, we share 5 examples of explanatory anchor text done well.

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