Anchor text in inbound link to video

[ameerulislam]

Considering off site SEO, anchor text of the inbound link to the video will also help right?

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[deepsand]

The nature of the target, or destination, of an href, or name attribute, is immaterial to the purpose and uses of the textual description in the anchor element.

[ameerulislam]

The nature of the target, or destination, of an href, or name attribute, is immaterial to the purpose and uses of the textual description in the anchor element.

In other words anchor text doesn't flow? But why not?

[deepsand]

Quite the opposite. Anchor text is used for precisely the same purposes regardless of the nature of the target.