Is it a problem to split anchor text with span / div etc or does it decrease the effect?
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Hi,
Recently I started seeing more and more anchor text with design variations within them.
A noticeable example can be seen in the Distilled top menu.
As you can see there is a part which is in small letters and a part with different fonts.Meaning that there is either an internal span / div / font / italic / etc. or some other attribute within the link (splitting the anchor text).
Is it a problem?
Keep in mind that it will be used in the top menu on the most important links.Thanks
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Hello,
Using "span" inside "anchor" is perfectly valid to use in your code, it should not affect SEO in any way.
A similar question has been posted before: http://moz.com/community/q/span-tags-inside-a-tags-is-this-bad
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