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“links” News Archive

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Definition · Supertopics: web · Subtopics: backlinks, link-rot (non-exhaustive) · “links” RSS feed (per email)

Entry (Sources) and Additional TopicsDate#
Underlining Links With CSS (stu)169
css
Barriers From Links With ARIA (aar)168
accessibility, html, aria
SEO (htt)167
web-almanac, studies, research, metrics, seo, robotstxt, llmstxt, content, structured-data, amp, html, internationalization
Testing Methods: Link Purpose (Link Only) (dec)166
accessibility, testing, wcag, microcontent, link-lists
Testing Methods: Link Purpose (in Context) (dec)165
accessibility, wcag, testing, microcontent
Link vs. Button: Choosing the Right Element for the Right Job (tpg)164
html, buttons, accessibility, wcag, comparisons
Links and Anchors: Ancient HTML and JS Magic in Your Browser (cod/wea)163
html, css, javascript
Do Backlinks Still Matter in AI Search? Insights From 1,000 Domains (sem)162
ai, search, backlinks, metrics
Why WordPress Themes Require Underlines on Links (joe)161
wordpress, theming, accessibility
A11y 101: 2.4.4 Link Purpose (in Context) (nat)160
introductions, accessibility, wcag, microcontent
Style Your Underlines (ada)159
css, interaction-design, accessibility
A Few Things About the Anchor Element’s “href” You Might Not Have Known (jim)158
html, attributes, data-urls
Quick Tip: Use Fewer Links (nat)157
accessibility, tips-and-tricks
Design Tokens for Links156
design-tokens
Buttons vs. Links: What’s the Difference and Why Does It Matter?155
videos, buttons, usability, comparisons
Overengineered Anchor Links154
effects, techniques
[“a:focus-visible”] (ada)153
css, focus
Chilled Out Text Underlines (chr/fro)152
css, colors
Build a Link Blog (xua)151
blogging
Google Says “Links Matter Less”—We Looked at 1,000,000 SERPs to See if It’s True (ahr)150
google, seo, metrics
Backlink-Free SEO: How to Rank Content Without Links149
how-tos, seo, content, backlinks
Cool URLs Don’t Change, Unless… (j9t)148
urls, link-rot, redirecting
Don’t Wrap Figure in a Link (aar)147
html, screen-readers, accessibility
My Approach to Running a Link Blog (sim)146
blogging, content, writing, community
Buttons and Links145
accessibility, buttons, wcag
A Link on a Logo in the Header, What Should the Alt-Text Be? (ria/mat)144
accessibility, branding, logos, images, alt-text
A Button Is Not a Link (mor/mat)143
html, buttons
The “button” Element (hey)142
html, semantics, buttons
Why Does “target="_blank"” Have an Underscore in Front? (kyr)141
html, frames
Smarter Than “Ctrl” + “F”: Linking Directly to Web Page Content (ahm)140
urls
The Design of Visited Links (niq)139
design
Basic Keyboard Shortcut Support for Focused Links (eri)138
focus, support, browser-engines, keyboard-shortcuts, accessibility
Good Intentions, Poor Context (tpg)137
accessibility, microcontent, images, buttons
The Anchor Element (hey)136
html, semantics, terminology, usability
Information Scent: How Users Decide Where to Click135
information-scent, navigation, usability
How I Develop Successful Link Building Strategies for My Clients (moz)134
seo, strategies
Images as the First Thing in a Button or Link (tem)133
accessibility, html, images, buttons
In-Page Links: 3 Usability Tips (nng)132
videos, usability, tips-and-tricks
Arguments for Opening Links in a New Tab or Window (gri/clo)131
usability
Should Links Open in a New Tab? (stv)130
usability, user-experience
Basic Accessibility Mistakes I Often See in Audits (cfe)129
accessibility, mistakes, auditing, html, semantics, focus, buttons
Buttons and Links—Common Misconceptions128
accessibility, html, semantics, buttons
How to Make External Links Accessible (pop)127
how-tos, accessibility
Link Colors and the Rule of Tincture126
colors
Styling External Links With Attribute Selectors (mic)125
css, attributes, selectors
How to Promote Your Website: 12 Free Methods That Work (sem)124
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)123
css, accessibility, usability, buttons
In-Page Links for Content Navigation (nng)122
navigation, usability
Styling Links and Buttons (aar)121
buttons, css, usability
Adding a “Share to Mastodon” Link to Any Web Site (cod)120
social-media, mastodon, community, javascript
How to Earn High-Authority Links That Drive Rankings (moz)119
how-tos, seo
Visually Hidden Links With 0 Dimensions (mat)118
hiding, accessibility, focus, apple, safari
50.1% Empty Links (mat)117
accessibility, html, semantics, seo
Buttons, Links, and Focus (tem)116
accessibility, semantics, buttons, focus
External Links: In or Out115
seo, accessibility, user-experience
Is It a Bad Idea to Use “target="_blank"” for Links in an Email?114
email, user-experience
If You Need a Link, Don’t Use a Button (tem)113
html, semantics, buttons, accessibility
A Beginner’s Guide to Link and Text Accessibility (pop)112
guides, accessibility, content
A Problem With Link Relationships (j9t)111
html, metadata, semantics, maintainability
The Shape-Shifting “a” Element110
html, semantics
When Going Somewhere Does a Thing: On Links and Buttons (kil)109
accessibility, html, buttons, semantics
How to Get All Sibling Elements of a Link or Button With Vanilla JavaScript (cfe)108
how-tos, buttons, javascript
Should I Use a Button or a Link? (ash)107
html, buttons, semantics
SEO Links Obfuscation and Accessibility Problems106
seo, obfuscation, accessibility
Icon-Only Links Fail WCAG (tem)105
accessibility, wcag, images, icons, conformance
Level Up Your Link Previews in Slack (whi)104
html, social-media, open-graph, slack
How to Create Animated Anchor Links Using CSS (zor/css)103
videos, how-tos, css, animations
Should “Cancel” Be a Button or a Link? (uxd)102
interaction-design, buttons, semantics
How Many Hyperlinks Are Too Many for Accessibility?101
accessibility
Revisiting Why Hyperlinks Are Blue (moz)100
design
How to Define Your Relationship to Sites You Link To (ste)99
how-tos, html, semantics, seo
CSS Can Help Improve Your HTML!? Buttons and Links98
html, css, buttons, accessibility
Designing Better Links for Websites and Emails: A Guideline (sma)97
design, email
The Problem With “Click Here” and “Learn More” Links (uxd)96
usability, writing
11ty Slugs and Anchors (5t3)95
eleventy, urls
Buttons vs. Links (yat)94
html, semantics, buttons, comparisons
Links, Missing “href” Attributes, and Over-Engineered Code (tem)93
html, attributes, accessibility
Why Are Hyperlinks Blue? (moz)92
design
Disabling a Link (sco)91
css, accessibility
Why Skip-Links Are Important for Accessibility (dev)90
accessibility
Information Scent89
videos, usability, information-scent
4 Ways to Animate the Color of a Text Link on Hover (kat/css)88
colors, animations, css, hover
Information Scent: How Users Decide Where to Go Next (nng)87
usability, information-scent
When to Open Links in a New Tab (j9t)86
user-experience
All About “mailto:” Links (chr/css)85
email
Nested Links (chr/css)84
html
Linkbuilding: The Citizen’s Field Guide (myr+/sma)83
guides, seo
Hyperlinking Beyond the Web (ati/css)82
urls, command-line, tooling, electron, terminology
How to Disable Links (ger/css)81
how-tos, javascript
Homepage Links Remain a Necessity (nng)80
homepages, breadcrumbs, navigation, conventions, usability
And Now, a Brief Definition of the Web (bac/ver)79
web, web-platform, open-web
An Introduction to WordPress Permalinks78
introductions, wordpress, urls
How the 404 Error Created the World Wide Web77
history, web, http
The Performance Benefits of “rel=noopener” (jaf)76
html, performance, security
Using the “title” Attribute to Help Users Predict Where They Are Going (nng)75
html, attributes, microcontent
The Ultimate Guide to Link Building With Content74
guides, content, seo
“Learn More” Links: You Can Do Better (nng)73
microcontent, usability
Let Links Be Links (ali)72
html, javascript, frameworks
A Link Is a Promise (nng)71
microcontent, writing
Writing Hyperlinks: Salient, Descriptive, Start With Keyword (nng)70
microcontent, writing, usability
On Links and Accessibility (j9t)69
accessibility, usability
When to Use “target="_blank"” (chr/css)68
usability
A URL Policy for Web Projects (j9t)67
urls, conventions
Backlinks and Reconsideration Requests66
backlinks, seo, search, google
Why Relative URLs Should Be Forbidden for Web Developers (joo/yoa)65
urls, seo
Why Your Links Should Never Say “Click Here” (sma)64
microcontent, usability, seo
Favicons Next to External Links (chr/css)63
html, favicons, css, jquery
When (and When Not to) Use an Anchor Tag? (chr/css)62
html, semantics
A Guide to Designing Cool URLs (wir)61
guides, urls, namespaces
URL Design (kne)60
urls, best-practices, namespaces
The Definitive Guide to Styling Links With CSS (sma)59
guides, css
Natural Links Are Better Than Non-Natural58
seo
How Many Links per Page?57
seo
Remote Linking (chr/css)56
html, css
Paid Posts Should Not Affect Search Engines55
pagerank, google, seo
More Crimes Against Hypertext (ate)54
best-practices
Performance and RFC 2396 (j9t)53
performance
The Most Annoying Yet Most Important Task in Website Management (j9t)52
link-rot, maintenance, user-experience, quality, web
Free Links to Your Site51
backlinks, seo, google
Good Times With Inbound Links50
backlinks, seo
More Flexible Linking (mey)49
html
Optimize Your Links for Print Using CSS: Show the URL (dav)48
urls, css, print
A Non-Annoying “a:visited” Technique (chr/css)47
css
Is Selling Text Links Dangerous?46
monetization
Who Ordered the Link States? (mey)45
css, selectors
The One True Way to Open a Window in JavaScript44
javascript
Command Links (nng)43
navigation, buttons, usability
Hidden Links42
hiding, seo
Linkify: The Best Bookmarklet You’re Not Using41
bookmarklets
Discover Your Links40
google, search
Why You Should Be Using Disambiguated URLs (sim)39
urls, best-practices
A Quick Word About Googlebombs (mou)38
backlinks, seo, google
“nofollow” Still Considered Harmful (j9t)37
metadata, seo
Using CSS3 Selectors to Highlight Hyperlinks (pet)36
css, selectors
W3C Markup Validator, Link Checker Updated35
w3c, html, xhtml, conformance, link-rot, user-experience, tooling
SEO Advice: Linkbait and Linkbaiting34
seo, backlinks
Improving Link Display for Print (aar/ali)33
css, print
Open New Windows for PDF and Other Non-Web Documents (nng)32
usability, pdf
Usability Improvements Using the DOM (mis)31
usability, dom, javascript
I Broke “nofollow” (bur)30
metadata, seo
“rel=nofollow” (sim)29
metadata, seo, google
One-Way Links Were Key to Web (sdt)28
web
Link Relationships (lac)27
html, metadata, semantics
Perma Your RSS! (jus)26
syndication, rss
Accessible Pop-Up Links (ali)25
pop-ups, accessibility
CSS Design: Custom Underlines (ali)24
css, effects
Accessibility Notes (dav)23
accessibility
Hyperlinks Matter (jud/inf)22
web, xml, rss, syndication, rest
Deep Linking Is Good Linking (nng)21
usability, search
Adding Value to Your Links20
microcontent, images, urls
Cool URIs Don’t Change (tim/w3c)19
urls, link-rot, web
Fighting Linkrot (nng)18
link-rot, user-experience
Identifying Links With the Anchor Tag17
html
Unified Web Site Accessibility Guidelines (w3c)16
guidelines, accessibility, html, content, lists, tables, images, multimedia, design, frames, forms
Page Author Guidelines—Unified Web Site Accessibility Guidelines15
guidelines, accessibility, css, images, image-maps, javascript, multimedia, lists, tables, frames, forms, tips-and-tricks, best-practices
Page Author Check List—Unified Web Site Accessibility Guidelines14
checklists, accessibility, css, images, image-maps, javascript, multimedia, lists, tables, frames, forms, tips-and-tricks, best-practices
Using Link Titles to Help Users Predict Where They Are Going (nng)13
usability
Hypertext Links in HTML (dck+/w3c)12
html, standards
Link and Image Checker11
tools, analysis, images, link-rot, user-experience
Link Checker (Dead Link Checker)10
tools, analysis, link-rot, user-experience
Link Checker (Dr. Link Check)9
tools, analysis, link-rot, user-experience
Link Checker (W3C) (w3c)8
tools, analysis, link-rot, user-experience
Backlinks Analyzer (Ahrefs) (ahr)7
tools, analysis, seo, backlinks
Backlinks Analyzer (seobility)6
tools, analysis, seo, backlinks
Backlinks Anchor Text Analyzer5
tools, analysis, seo, backlinks
Links and Content Analyzer4
tools, analysis, seo, content
XFN Link Generator3
tools, exploration, code-generation, html, metadata, microformats, xfn
Social Share Links Generator2
tools, exploration, sem, social-media
Backlinks Analyzer (NP Digital)1
tools, analysis, seo, backlinks