| Build a Link Blog (xua) | | 108 |
| blogging |
| Google Says “Links Matter Less”—We Looked at 1,000,000 SERPs to See if It’s True (pat/ahr) | | 107 |
| google, seo, metrics |
| Cool URLs Don’t Change, Unless… (j9t) | | 106 |
| urls, link-rot, redirecting |
| Don’t Wrap Figure in a Link (aar) | | 105 |
| html, screen-readers, accessibility |
| My Approach to Running a Link Blog (sim) | | 104 |
| blogging, content, writing, community |
| A Link on a Logo in the Header, What Should the Alt-Text Be? (ria/mat) | | 103 |
| accessibility, branding, logos, images, alt-text |
| A Button Is Not a Link (mor/mat) | | 102 |
| html, buttons |
| The “button” Element (hey) | | 101 |
| html, semantics, buttons |
| Why Does “target="_blank"” Have an Underscore in Front? (kyr) | | 100 |
| html, frames |
| Smarter Than “Ctrl” + “F”: Linking Directly to Web Page Content (ahm) | | 99 |
| urls |
| The Design of Visited Links (niq) | | 98 |
| design |
| Basic Keyboard Shortcut Support for Focused Links (eri) | | 97 |
| focus, support, browser-engines, keyboard-shortcuts, accessibility |
| Good Intentions, Poor Context (tpg) | | 96 |
| accessibility, microcontent, images, buttons |
| The Anchor Element (hey) | | 95 |
| html, semantics, terminology, usability |
| How I Develop Successful Link Building Strategies for My Clients (ita/moz) | | 94 |
| seo, strategies |
| Images as the First Thing in a Button or Link (tem) | | 93 |
| accessibility, html, images, buttons |
| In-Page Links: 3 Usability Tips (nng) | | 92 |
| videos, usability, tips-and-tricks |
| Arguments for Opening Links in a New Tab or Window (gri/clo) | | 91 |
| usability |
| Should Links Open in a New Tab? (stv) | | 90 |
| usability, user-experience |
| Basic Accessibility Mistakes I Often See in Audits (cfe) | | 89 |
| accessibility, mistakes, auditing, html, semantics, focus, buttons |
| Buttons and Links—Common Misconceptions (cli) | | 88 |
| accessibility, html, semantics, buttons |
| How to Make External Links Accessible (pop) | | 87 |
| how-tos, accessibility |
| Link Colors and the Rule of Tincture (hob) | | 86 |
| colors |
| Styling External Links With Attribute Selectors (mic/css) | | 85 |
| css, attributes, selectors |
| How to Promote Your Website: 12 Free Methods That Work (sem) | | 84 |
| how-tos, marketing, blogging, content, social-media, keywords, seo, sem |
| Don’t Use Fixed CSS “height” or “width” on Buttons, Links, or Any Other Text Containers (ash) | | 83 |
| css, accessibility, usability, buttons |
| In-Page Links for Content Navigation (nng) | | 82 |
| navigation, usability |
| Styling Links and Buttons (aar) | | 81 |
| buttons, css, usability |
| Adding a “Share to Mastodon” Link to Any Web Site (cod) | | 80 |
| social-media, mastodon, community, javascript |
| How to Earn High-Authority Links That Drive Rankings (kel/moz) | | 79 |
| how-tos, seo |
| Visually Hidden Links With 0 Dimensions (mat) | | 78 |
| accessibility, focus, apple, safari |
| 50.1% Empty Links (mat) | | 77 |
| accessibility, html, semantics, seo |
| Buttons, Links, and Focus (tem) | | 76 |
| accessibility, semantics, buttons, focus |
| External Links: In or Out (art/dig) | | 75 |
| seo, accessibility, user-experience |
| Is It a Bad Idea to Use “target="_blank"” for Links in an Email? (bad) | | 74 |
| email, user-experience |
| If You Need a Link, Don’t Use a Button (tem) | | 73 |
| html, semantics, buttons, accessibility |
| A Beginner’s Guide to Link and Text Accessibility (pop) | | 72 |
| guides, accessibility, content |
| A Problem With Link Relationships (j9t) | | 71 |
| html, metadata, semantics, maintainability |
| The Shape-Shifting “a” Element (rus) | | 70 |
| html, semantics |
| When Going Somewhere Does a Thing: On Links and Buttons (kil) | | 69 |
| accessibility, html, buttons, semantics |
| How to Get All Sibling Elements of a Link or Button With Vanilla JavaScript (cfe) | | 68 |
| how-tos, buttons, javascript |
| Should I Use a Button or a Link? (ash) | | 67 |
| html, buttons, semantics |
| SEO Links Obfuscation and Accessibility Problems (jul) | | 66 |
| seo, obfuscation, accessibility |
| Icon-Only Links Fail WCAG (tem) | | 65 |
| accessibility, wcag, images, icons, conformance |
| Level Up Your Link Previews in Slack (whi) | | 64 |
| html, social-media, open-graph, slack |
| How to Create Animated Anchor Links Using CSS (zor/css) | | 63 |
| videos, how-tos, css, animations |
| Should “Cancel” Be a Button or a Link? (kar/uxd) | | 62 |
| interaction-design, buttons, semantics |
| How Many Hyperlinks Are Too Many for Accessibility? (boi) | | 61 |
| accessibility |
| Revisiting Why Hyperlinks Are Blue (moz) | | 60 |
| design |
| How to Define Your Relationship to Sites You Link To (ste) | | 59 |
| how-tos, html, semantics, seo |
| CSS Can Help Improve Your HTML!? Buttons and Links (inh) | | 58 |
| html, css, buttons, accessibility |
| Designing Better Links for Websites and Emails: A Guideline (she/sma) | | 57 |
| design, email |
| The Problem With “Click Here” and “Learn More” Links (cyn/uxd) | | 56 |
| usability, writing |
| 11ty Slugs and Anchors (5t3) | | 55 |
| eleventy, urls |
| Buttons vs. Links (yat) | | 54 |
| html, semantics, buttons, comparisons |
| Links, Missing “href” Attributes, and Over-Engineered Code (tem) | | 53 |
| html, attributes, accessibility |
| Why Are Hyperlinks Blue? (moz) | | 52 |
| design |
| Disabling a Link (sco) | | 51 |
| css, accessibility |
| Why Skip-Links Are Important for Accessibility (dev) | | 50 |
| accessibility |
| When to Open Links in a New Tab (j9t) | | 49 |
| user-experience |
| Linkbuilding: The Citizen’s Field Guide (myr+/sma) | | 48 |
| guides, seo |
| And Now, a Brief Definition of the Web (bac/ver) | | 47 |
| web, web-platform, open-web |
| An Introduction to WordPress Permalinks (jer/sit) | | 46 |
| introductions, wordpress, urls |
| How the 404 Error Created the World Wide Web (jdu/pop) | | 45 |
| history, web, http |
| The Performance Benefits of “rel=noopener” (jaf) | | 44 |
| html, performance, security |
| The Ultimate Guide to Link Building With Content (eri/sit) | | 43 |
| guides, content, seo |
| Let Links Be Links (pen/ali) | | 42 |
| html, javascript, frameworks |
| On Links and Accessibility (j9t) | | 41 |
| accessibility, usability |
| A URL Policy for Web Projects (j9t) | | 40 |
| urls, conventions |
| Why Relative URLs Should Be Forbidden for Web Developers (joo/yoa) | | 39 |
| urls, seo |
| Why Your Links Should Never Say “Click Here” (sma) | | 38 |
| microcontent, usability, seo |
| Favicons Next to External Links (chr/css) | | 37 |
| html, favicons, css, jquery |
| When (and When Not to) Use an Anchor Tag? (chr/css) | | 36 |
| html, semantics |
| A Guide to Designing Cool URLs (wir) | | 35 |
| guides, urls, namespaces |
| URL Design (kne) | | 34 |
| urls, best-practices, namespaces |
| The Definitive Guide to Styling Links With CSS (lee/sma) | | 33 |
| guides, css |
| Remote Linking (chr/css) | | 32 |
| html, css |
| More Crimes Against Hypertext (ate/sit) | | 31 |
| best-practices |
| Performance and RFC 2396 (j9t) | | 30 |
| performance |
| The Most Annoying Yet Most Important Task in Website Management (j9t) | | 29 |
| link-rot, maintenance, user-experience, quality, web |
| A Non-Annoying “a:visited” Technique (chr/css) | | 28 |
| css |
| Is Selling Text Links Dangerous? (chr/sit) | | 27 |
| monetization |
| Who Ordered the Link States? (mey) | | 26 |
| css, selectors |
| Why You Should Be Using Disambiguated URLs (sim) | | 25 |
| urls, best-practices |
| “nofollow” Still Considered Harmful (j9t) | | 24 |
| metadata, seo |
| W3C Markup Validator, Link Checker Updated | | 23 |
| w3c, html, xhtml, conformance, link-rot, user-experience, tooling |
| Improving Link Display for Print (aar/ali) | | 22 |
| css, print |
| Usability Improvements Using the DOM (ale/sit) | | 21 |
| usability, dom, javascript |
| “rel=nofollow” (sim) | | 20 |
| metadata, seo, google |
| One-Way Links Were Key to Web (sdt) | | 19 |
| web |
| Link Relationships (lac) | | 18 |
| html, metadata, semantics |
| Perma Your RSS! (jus) | | 17 |
| syndication, rss |
| Accessible Pop-Up Links (kch/ali) | | 16 |
| pop-ups, accessibility |
| CSS Design: Custom Underlines (ali) | | 15 |
| css, effects |
| Accessibility Notes (dav) | | 14 |
| accessibility |
| Hyperlinks Matter (jud/inf) | | 13 |
| web, xml, rss, syndication, rest |
| Deep Linking Is Good Linking (nng) | | 12 |
| usability |
| Cool URIs Don’t Change (tim/w3c) | | 11 |
| urls, link-rot, web |
| Identifying Links With the Anchor Tag | | 10 |
| html |
| Using Link Titles to Help Users Predict Where They Are Going (nng) | | 9 |
| usability |
| Hypertext Links in HTML (dra+/w3c) | | 8 |
| html, standards |
| Social Share Links Generator (web) | | 7 |
| tools, exploration, sem, social-media |
| XFN Link Generator (acc) | | 6 |
| tools, exploration, code-generation, html, metadata, microformats |
| Links and Content Analyzer (cop) | | 5 |
| tools, analysis, seo, content |
| Link Checker (W3C) (w3c) | | 4 |
| tools, analysis, link-rot, user-experience |
| Link Checker (Dr. Link Check) (wul) | | 3 |
| tools, analysis, link-rot, user-experience |
| Link Checker (Dead Link Checker) | | 2 |
| tools, analysis, link-rot, user-experience |
| Link and Image Checker (nin) | | 1 |
| tools, analysis, images, link-rot, user-experience |
