Jump to Navigation in SERPs?
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To make 'jump to' navigation work, does the href or anchor need to contain descriptive text?
For example, I know this is best:
But, would the below work just as well?
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It's just a naming convention, so for strictly navigational purposes it doesn't matter what you call them as anything will work.
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Hi,
Yes it would work exactly the same way, it doesn't matter if you use letters or numbers/characters. Anything will do.
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