Anchor Text Checker

How to use

1. 1Paste a full HTML page (view source) or just an article fragment into the input on the left.
2. 2Optionally set a base URL so relative hrefs resolve to absolute URLs and each link is classified as internal or external.
3. 3Use the scope checkboxes to include or exclude HTTP, page anchor, mailto, tel, and javascript: links, or restrict to internal or external only.
4. 4Switch between Summary, Anchor text, URL, Issues, and Export views to see counts, grouped anchor texts, grouped URLs, every flagged anchor, or CSV and JSON output.
5. 5Click Copy CSV or Copy JSON in the Export view to grab the audit data for a spreadsheet, redirect map, or content review.

About this tool

Anchor Text Checker parses any HTML you paste (a full page from view source or just an article fragment) and audits the visible text inside every anchor tag. It groups identical anchor texts so the dominant phrases on the page are obvious at a glance, then flags the patterns that hurt accessibility and SEO. Generic phrases (click here, read more, learn more, here, more, this link, this page) are detected from a curated list. Empty anchors with no text and no aria-label or title are surfaced separately because screen readers and search engines have nothing to announce. Image-only anchors (an <a> that wraps just an <img> or <svg> with no alt or aria-label) are caught because users who do not see images get nothing from them. The URL-as-text flag fires when the anchor text is the raw URL or a bare domain. Length flags identify anchors over 80 characters that read like sentences, and anchors under 3 characters that are usually icons. A scope panel lets you include or exclude HTTP links, page anchors (#top), mailto, tel, and javascript: anchors, and, when a base URL is provided, restrict the audit to internal or external links only. The grouped-by-text view reveals every unique anchor text with its count, the number of unique URLs it points at, and an Ambiguous flag when the same label sends users to different destinations. The grouped-by-URL view shows every destination URL and the different anchor texts pointing at it (the Mixed flag fires when one URL uses many labels). The Issues view lists every flagged anchor in document order. The Export view returns CSV with text, href, resolved href, type, scope, rel, target, and flags columns, or a structured JSON array, ready for a spreadsheet, a redirect map, or a build script. Parsing uses the browser DOMParser, which builds an inert document, so scripts inside the pasted HTML are never executed. Everything runs in your browser, so the HTML and base URL stay on your device.

Free to use. Works in your browser. No signup, no login.