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You have reached this page as a way to demonstrate the frustration and loss of time a user experiences when they are offered a broken link.
If you utilize links, and all of us do, think about some key principles for how to properly design this common feature.
Link Rot
Link rot (also called link death, link breaking, or reference rot) is the phenomenon of hyperlinks tending over time to cease to point to their originally targeted file, web page, or server due to that resource being relocated to a new address or becoming permanently unavailable.
Descriptive Text
Be descriptive
Write link text so that it describes the content of the link target. The purpose of the link should be clearly displayed.
Avoid using link text like, ‘click here’ or ‘read more’.
Links should make sense out of context since tabbing from link to link is a way of skimming content with a screen reader. Use phrases like, “Chat with an agent”, “Services and resources”, or “Sign up to receive our newsletter.”
Note the document type in the link, for example, ‘Proposal Documents (PDF)’.
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