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Entry (Sources) and Additional TopicsDate#
A Button That Links to a Random Post in HTML and CSS Only (chr/fro)187
buttons, randomness, css
The Difference Between a Button and a Link186
buttons, html, comparisons
hihtml (j9t)185
packages, npm, html, conformance, link-rot, minification, html-minifier, optimization, quality
“Use Links, Don’t Talk About Them” (mwi)184
writing, microcontent, usability
You Can Use Newline Characters in URLs (lem)183
urls, data-urls, html, attributes
When Is a Link Not a Link? (dec)182
html, semantics, accessibility
Underlining Links With CSS (stu)181
css
Barriers From Links With ARIA (aar)180
accessibility, html, aria
SEO (htt)179
web-almanac, studies, research, metrics, seo, robotstxt, llmstxt, content, structured-data, amp, html, internationalization
Testing Methods: Link Purpose (Link Only) (dec)178
accessibility, testing, wcag, microcontent, link-lists
Testing Methods: Link Purpose (in Context) (dec)177
accessibility, wcag, testing, microcontent
Link vs. Button: Choosing the Right Element for the Right Job (tpg)176
html, buttons, accessibility, wcag, comparisons
Links and Anchors: Ancient HTML and JS Magic in Your Browser (cod/wea)175
html, css, javascript
Do Backlinks Still Matter in AI Search? Insights From 1,000 Domains (sem)174
ai, search, backlinks, metrics
Why WordPress Themes Require Underlines on Links (joe)173
wordpress, theming, accessibility
A11y 101: 2.4.4 Link Purpose (in Context) (nat)172
introductions, accessibility, wcag, microcontent
Style Your Underlines (ada)171
css, interaction-design, accessibility
A Few Things About the Anchor Element’s “href” You Might Not Have Known (jim)170
html, attributes, data-urls
Quick Tip: Use Fewer Links (nat)169
accessibility, tips-and-tricks
Design Tokens for Links168
design-tokens
Buttons vs. Links: What’s the Difference and Why Does It Matter?167
videos, buttons, usability, comparisons
Overengineered Anchor Links166
effects, techniques
[“a:focus-visible”] (ada)165
css, focus
Chilled Out Text Underlines (chr/fro)164
css, colors
Build a Link Blog (xua)163
blogging
Google Says “Links Matter Less”—We Looked at 1,000,000 SERPs to See if It’s True (ahr)162
google, seo, metrics
Backlink-Free SEO: How to Rank Content Without Links161
how-tos, seo, content, backlinks
Cool URLs Don’t Change, Unless… (j9t)160
urls, link-rot, redirecting
Don’t Wrap Figure in a Link (aar)159
html, screen-readers, accessibility
My Approach to Running a Link Blog (sim)158
blogging, content, writing, community
Buttons and Links157
accessibility, buttons, wcag
A Link on a Logo in the Header, What Should the Alt-Text Be? (ria/mat)156
accessibility, branding, logos, images, alt-text
A Button Is Not a Link (mor/mat)155
html, buttons
The “button” Element (hey)154
html, semantics, buttons
Why Does “target="_blank"” Have an Underscore in Front? (kyr)153
html, frames
Smarter Than “Ctrl” + “F”: Linking Directly to Web Page Content (ahm)152
urls
The Design of Visited Links (niq)151
design
Basic Keyboard Shortcut Support for Focused Links (eri)150
focus, support, browser-engines, keyboard-shortcuts, accessibility
Good Intentions, Poor Context (tpg)149
accessibility, microcontent, images, buttons
The Anchor Element (hey)148
html, semantics, terminology, usability
Information Scent: How Users Decide Where to Click147
information-scent, navigation, usability
How I Develop Successful Link Building Strategies for My Clients (moz)146
seo, strategies
Images as the First Thing in a Button or Link (tem)145
accessibility, html, images, buttons
In-Page Links: 3 Usability Tips (nng)144
videos, usability, tips-and-tricks
Arguments for Opening Links in a New Tab or Window (gri/clo)143
usability
Should Links Open in a New Tab? (stv)142
usability, user-experience
Basic Accessibility Mistakes I Often See in Audits (cfe)141
accessibility, mistakes, auditing, html, semantics, focus, buttons
Buttons and Links—Common Misconceptions140
accessibility, html, semantics, buttons
How to Make External Links Accessible (pop)139
how-tos, accessibility
Link Colors and the Rule of Tincture138
colors
Styling External Links With Attribute Selectors (mic)137
css, attributes, selectors
How to Promote Your Website: 12 Free Methods That Work (sem)136
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)135
css, accessibility, usability, buttons
In-Page Links for Content Navigation (nng)134
navigation, usability
Styling Links and Buttons (aar)133
buttons, css, usability
Adding a “Share to Mastodon” Link to Any Web Site (cod)132
social-media, mastodon, community, javascript
How to Earn High-Authority Links That Drive Rankings (moz)131
how-tos, seo
Visually Hidden Links With 0 Dimensions (mat)130
hiding, accessibility, focus, safari
50.1% Empty Links (mat)129
accessibility, html, semantics, seo
Buttons, Links, and Focus (tem)128
accessibility, semantics, buttons, focus
External Links: In or Out127
seo, accessibility, user-experience
Is It a Bad Idea to Use “target="_blank"” for Links in an Email?126
email, user-experience
If You Need a Link, Don’t Use a Button (tem)125
html, semantics, buttons, accessibility
A Beginner’s Guide to Link and Text Accessibility (pop)124
guides, accessibility, content
A Problem With Link Relationships (j9t)123
html, metadata, semantics, maintainability
The Shape-Shifting “a” Element (rus)122
html, semantics
When Going Somewhere Does a Thing: On Links and Buttons (kil)121
accessibility, html, buttons, semantics
How to Get All Sibling Elements of a Link or Button With Vanilla JavaScript (cfe)120
how-tos, buttons, javascript
Should I Use a Button or a Link? (ash)119
html, buttons, semantics
SEO Links Obfuscation and Accessibility Problems118
seo, obfuscation, accessibility
Icon-Only Links Fail WCAG (tem)117
accessibility, wcag, images, icons, conformance
Level Up Your Link Previews in Slack (whi)116
html, social-media, open-graph, slack
How to Create Animated Anchor Links Using CSS (zor/css)115
videos, how-tos, css, animations
Should “Cancel” Be a Button or a Link?114
interaction-design, buttons, semantics
How Many Hyperlinks Are Too Many for Accessibility?113
accessibility
Revisiting Why Hyperlinks Are Blue (moz)112
design
How to Define Your Relationship to Sites You Link To (ste)111
how-tos, html, semantics, seo
CSS Can Help Improve Your HTML!? Buttons and Links110
html, css, buttons, accessibility
Designing Better Links for Websites and Emails: A Guideline (sma)109
design, email
The Problem With “Click Here” and “Learn More” Links108
usability, writing
11ty Slugs and Anchors (5t3)107
eleventy, urls
Buttons vs. Links (yat)106
html, semantics, buttons, comparisons
Links, Missing “href” Attributes, and Over-Engineered Code (tem)105
html, attributes, accessibility
Why Are Hyperlinks Blue? (moz)104
design
Disabling a Link (sco)103
css, accessibility
Why Skip-Links Are Important for Accessibility (dev)102
accessibility
Information Scent101
videos, usability, information-scent
Half of My CSS Are Links100
css
4 Ways to Animate the Color of a Text Link on Hover (kat/css)99
colors, animations, css, hover
Information Scent: How Users Decide Where to Go Next (nng)98
usability, information-scent
When to Open Links in a New Tab (j9t)97
user-experience
All About “mailto:” Links (chr/css)96
email
Nested Links (chr/css)95
html
Linkbuilding: The Citizen’s Field Guide (myr+/sma)94
guides, seo
Hyperlinking Beyond the Web (ati/css)93
urls, command-line, tooling, electron, terminology
How to Disable Links (ger/css)92
how-tos, javascript
Homepage Links Remain a Necessity (nng)91
homepages, breadcrumbs, navigation, conventions, usability
And Now, a Brief Definition of the Web (bac/ver)90
web, web-platform, open-web
An Introduction to WordPress Permalinks89
introductions, wordpress, urls
How the 404 Error Created the World Wide Web88
history, web, http
The Performance Benefits of “rel=noopener” (jaf)87
html, performance, security
Using the “title” Attribute to Help Users Predict Where They Are Going (nng)86
html, attributes, microcontent
The Ultimate Guide to Link Building With Content85
guides, content, seo
“Learn More” Links: You Can Do Better (nng)84
microcontent, usability
Let Links Be Links (ali)83
html, javascript, frameworks
A Link Is a Promise (nng)82
microcontent, writing
Writing Hyperlinks: Salient, Descriptive, Start With Keyword (nng)81
microcontent, writing, usability
On Links and Accessibility (j9t)80
accessibility, usability
When to Use “target="_blank"” (chr/css)79
usability
A URL Policy for Web Projects (j9t)78
urls, conventions
Backlinks and Reconsideration Requests77
backlinks, seo, search, google
Why Relative URLs Should Be Forbidden for Web Developers (joo/yoa)76
urls, seo
Why Your Links Should Never Say “Click Here” (sma)75
microcontent, usability, seo
Favicons Next to External Links (chr/css)74
html, favicons, css, jquery
When (and When Not to) Use an Anchor Tag? (chr/css)73
html, semantics
Broken Links (tim)72
urls, javascript
A Guide to Designing Cool URLs (wir)71
guides, urls, namespaces
URL Design (kne)70
urls, best-practices, namespaces
The Definitive Guide to Styling Links With CSS (sma)69
guides, css
Natural Links Are Better Than Non-Natural68
seo
How Many Links per Page?67
seo
Remote Linking (chr/css)66
html, css
Paid Posts Should Not Affect Search Engines65
pagerank, seo
More Crimes Against Hypertext (ate)64
best-practices
Performance and RFC 2396 (j9t)63
performance
The Most Annoying Yet Most Important Task in Website Management (j9t)62
link-rot, maintenance, user-experience, quality, web
Free Links to Your Site61
backlinks, seo, google
Good Times With Inbound Links60
backlinks, seo
More Flexible Linking (mey)59
html
Optimize Your Links for Print Using CSS: Show the URL (dav)58
urls, css, print
Configuring Links in Screen Readers57
screen-readers, jaws, accessibility
A Non-Annoying “a:visited” Technique (chr/css)56
css
Is Selling Text Links Dangerous?55
monetization
Who Ordered the Link States? (mey)54
css, selectors
The One True Way to Open a Window in JavaScript53
javascript
Command Links (nng)52
navigation, buttons, usability
Hidden Links51
hiding, seo
Linkify: The Best Bookmarklet You’re Not Using50
bookmarklets
Discover Your Links49
google, search
Why You Should Be Using Disambiguated URLs (sim)48
urls, best-practices
A Quick Word About Googlebombs (mou)47
backlinks, seo, google
“nofollow” Still Considered Harmful (j9t)46
metadata, seo
Using CSS3 Selectors to Highlight Hyperlinks (pet)45
css, selectors
Signs of a Quality Link44
seo, quality
W3C Markup Validator, Link Checker Updated43
w3c, html, xhtml, conformance, link-rot, user-experience, tooling
SEO Advice: Linkbait and Linkbaiting42
seo, backlinks
Improving Link Display for Print (aar/ali)41
css, print
Open New Windows for PDF and Other Non-Web Documents (nng)40
usability, pdf
Usability Improvements Using the DOM (mis)39
usability, dom, javascript
I Broke “nofollow” (bur)38
metadata, seo
“rel=nofollow” (sim)37
metadata, seo, google
One-Way Links Were Key to Web (sdt)36
web
Opening New Browser Windows: A User-Centered Approach35
usability, pop-ups
Web Writing: How to Judge a Good Website From a Bad One (ger)34
how-tos, writing
Link Relationships (lac)33
html, metadata, semantics
Perma Your RSS! (jus)32
rss
Question Time: Visited Links31
colors, usability, link-lists
Should Visited Links Get Distinctive Styling?30
css, usability
Change the Color of Visited Links (nng)29
usability, colors
Opening Links in a New Window28
usability
Accessible Pop-Up Links (ali)27
pop-ups, accessibility
JavaScript Navigation—Cleaner, Not Meaner (cod)26
javascript, html
CSS Design: Custom Underlines (ali)25
css, effects
Accessibility Notes (dav)24
accessibility
Fun With Links (sim)23
selectors, css
Hyperlinks Matter (jud/inf)22
web, xml, rss, 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 Checker (pre)11
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