$(this).parent().siblings(":first").text()
parent gives you the <td> around the link,
siblings gives all the <td> tags in that <tr>,
:first gives the first matched element in the set.
text() gives the contents of the tag.
$(this).parent().siblings(":first").text()
parent gives you the <td> around the link,
siblings gives all the <td> tags in that <tr>,
:first gives the first matched element in the set.
text() gives the contents of the tag.