Anchor Tag around a Div

[Vspeed]

Just Curious if this is an SEO No-No!

I have set up the box to do some cool SEO transitions but am curious if I am loosing on a signifigant amount of internal linking considering anchor text or if Google recognizes the h2 as anchor text. Thanks.

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[PatrickDelehanty]

Hi there

Usually you would put the <a>within the</a>

<a>or give the</a> <a>a class - I am pretty sure that</a> this is not valid. I am assuming you're trying to make the <a>behave like a</a><a>??

Here's a</a> Stack Overflow discussion on the issue. You can also consider using . From first look, this will consider everything with the <a>tags to be a link.

UPDATE: I am finding that</a> apparently this is possible in HTML5.

Let me know if this answers your question - hope this helps! Good luck!

[Vspeed]

Hey thanks for commenting. I know that this is a valid method to code, but I am curious about the SEO effect. This is a new feature in HTML5 and I am curious if anyone has done any research to see whether Google is keeping up with this changing landscape and giving anchor-text-benefit to anything linked by the method in the original post. OR is no anchor text being detected.