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Mar 21, 2022 126 interaction-design , buttons , semantics How Many Hyperlinks Are Too Many for Accessibility? Mar 2, 2022 125 accessibility Revisiting Why Hyperlinks Are Blue moz )Jan 11, 2022 124 design How to Define Your Relationship to Sites You Link To ste )Dec 20, 2021 123 how-tos , html , semantics , seo CSS Can Help Improve Your HTML!? Buttons and Links Dec 15, 2021 122 html , css , buttons , accessibility Designing Better Links for Websites and Emails: A Guideline sma )Dec 6, 2021 121 design , email The Problem With “Click Here” and “Learn More” Links Oct 26, 2021 120 usability , writing 11ty Slugs and Anchors 5t3 )Oct 21, 2021 119 eleventy , urls Buttons vs. Links yat )Oct 7, 2021 118 html , semantics , buttons , comparisons Links, Missing “href” Attributes, and Over-Engineered Code tem )Sep 30, 2021 117 html , attributes , accessibility Why Are Hyperlinks Blue? moz )Aug 26, 2021 116 design Disabling a Link sco )May 28, 2021 115 css , accessibility Why Skip-Links Are Important for Accessibility dev )Mar 23, 2021 114 accessibility Information Scent Nov 27, 2020 113 videos , usability , information-scent Half of My CSS Are Links Apr 19, 2020 112 css 4 Ways to Animate the Color of a Text Link on Hover kat /css )Mar 3, 2020 111 colors , animations , css , hover Information Scent: How Users Decide Where to Go Next nng )Feb 2, 2020 110 usability , information-scent When to Open Links in a New Tab j9t )Dec 9, 2019 109 user-experience All About “mailto:” Links chr /css )Mar 22, 2019 108 email Nested Links chr /css )Sep 27, 2018 107 html Linkbuilding: The Citizen’s Field Guide myr +/sma )Jul 18, 2018 106 guides , seo Hyperlinking Beyond the Web ati /css )Jul 11, 2018 105 urls , command-line , tooling , electron , terminology How to Disable Links ger /css )Nov 17, 2017 104 how-tos , javascript Homepage Links Remain a Necessity nng )Jul 23, 2017 103 homepages , breadcrumbs , navigation , conventions , usability And Now, a Brief Definition of the Web bac /ver )May 24, 2017 102 web , web-platform , open-web An Introduction to WordPress Permalinks Feb 17, 2017 101 introductions , wordpress , urls How the 404 Error Created the World Wide Web Dec 5, 2016 100 history , web , http The Performance Benefits of “rel=noopener” jaf )Jul 21, 2016 99 html , performance , security Using the “title” Attribute to Help Users Predict Where They Are Going nng )Jun 19, 2016 98 html , attributes , microcontent The Ultimate Guide to Link Building With Content Jan 30, 2016 97 guides , content , seo “Learn More” Links: You Can Do Better nng )Dec 13, 2015 96 microcontent , usability Let Links Be Links ali )Mar 31, 2015 95 html , javascript , frameworks A Link Is a Promise nng )Dec 14, 2014 94 microcontent , writing Writing Hyperlinks: Salient, Descriptive, Start With Keyword nng )Mar 9, 2014 93 microcontent , writing , usability On Links and Accessibility j9t )Mar 6, 2014 92 accessibility , usability When to Use “target="_blank"” chr /css )Jan 15, 2014 91 usability A URL Policy for Web Projects j9t )Aug 22, 2013 90 urls , conventions Backlinks and Reconsideration Requests Jun 21, 2013 89 backlinks , seo , search , google Why Relative URLs Should Be Forbidden for Web Developers joo /yoa )Aug 17, 2012 88 urls , seo Why Your Links Should Never Say “Click Here” sma )Jun 20, 2012 87 microcontent , usability , seo Favicons Next to External Links chr /css )May 26, 2012 86 html , favicons , css , jquery When (and When Not to) Use an Anchor Tag? chr /css )Aug 24, 2011 85 html , semantics Broken Links tim )Feb 9, 2011 84 urls , javascript A Guide to Designing Cool URLs wir )Jan 3, 2011 83 guides , urls , namespaces URL Design kne )Dec 28, 2010 82 urls , best-practices , namespaces The Definitive Guide to Styling Links With CSS sma )Feb 13, 2010 81 guides , css Natural Links Are Better Than Non-Natural Jun 24, 2009 80 seo How Many Links per Page? Mar 9, 2009 79 seo Remote Linking chr /css )Mar 2, 2009 78 html , css Paid Posts Should Not Affect Search Engines Mar 2, 2009 77 pagerank , seo More Crimes Against Hypertext ate )Feb 24, 2009 76 best-practices Performance and RFC 2396 j9t )Feb 18, 2009 75 performance The Most Annoying Yet Most Important Task in Website Management j9t )Oct 16, 2008 74 link-rot , maintenance , user-experience , quality , web Free Links to Your Site Oct 13, 2008 73 backlinks , seo , google Good Times With Inbound Links Oct 10, 2008 72 backlinks , seo More Flexible Linking mey )Jun 5, 2008 71 html Optimize Your Links for Print Using CSS: Show the URL dav )Feb 27, 2008 70 urls , css , print Configuring Links in Screen Readers Feb 12, 2008 69 screen-readers , jaws , accessibility A Non-Annoying “a:visited” Technique chr /css )Sep 19, 2007 68 css Is Selling Text Links Dangerous? 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Jun 16, 2004 31 css , usability Change the Color of Visited Links nng )May 3, 2004 30 usability , colors Opening Links in a New Window gez )Mar 26, 2004 29 usability Accessible Pop-Up Links ali )Mar 19, 2004 28 pop-ups , accessibility JavaScript Navigation—Cleaner, Not Meaner cod )Feb 13, 2004 27 javascript , html CSS Design: Custom Underlines ali )Feb 2, 2004 26 css , effects Accessibility Notes dav )Sep 12, 2003 25 accessibility Fun With Links sim )May 27, 2003 24 selectors , css Hyperlinks Matter jud /inf )May 17, 2002 23 web , xml , rss , rest Deep Linking Is Good Linking nng )Mar 3, 2002 22 usability , search Notes on Suggesting Link Styles dba )Sep 5, 1999 21 css , hover , browsers Adding Value to Your Links May 16, 1999 20 microcontent , images , urls Cool URIs Don’t Change tim /w3c )Dec 12, 1998 19 urls , link-rot , web Fighting Linkrot nng )Jun 14, 1998 18 link-rot , user-experience Identifying Links With the Anchor Tag Mar 27, 1998 17 html Unified Web Site Accessibility Guidelines w3c )Jan 20, 1998 16 guidelines , accessibility , html , content , lists , tables , images , multimedia , design , frames , forms Page Author Guidelines—Unified Web Site Accessibility Guidelines Jan 20, 1998 15 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 Guidelines Jan 20, 1998 14 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 )Jan 11, 1998 13 usability Hypertext Links in HTML dck +/w3c )Mar 28, 1997 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 Analyzer 5 tools , analysis , seo , backlinks Links and Content Analyzer 4 tools , analysis , seo , content XFN Link Generator 3 tools , exploration , code-generation , html , metadata , microformats , xfn Social Share Links Generator 2 tools , exploration , sem , social-media Backlinks Analyzer (NP Digital) 1 tools , analysis , seo , backlinks 