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Subject: No blind links
Category: Computers
Asked by: aln-ga
List Price: $5.00
Posted: 22 Oct 2003 13:39 PDT
Expires: 21 Nov 2003 12:39 PST
Question ID: 268717
Re: Blind links
Is there a way to avoid being sent to a blind link
when searching a site?

Request for Question Clarification by mvguy-ga on 22 Oct 2003 14:30 PDT
Are you looking for a way to avoid clicking on a blind link entirely,
or do you merely want to reduce your chances? Is there any type of
blind link you're most concerned about (for example, banner ads,
misleading text links, pop-ups)?
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Subject: Re: No blind links
From: seanbo-ga on 23 Oct 2003 01:10 PDT
 
are you using internet explorer? if so, make sure you have your status
bar switched on ('view'>'status bar'). now, if you hover over a link,
it will tell where it's really pointing - so you can decide whether or
not to click on it.

some sites try and hide this with scripts that write to the status
bar. this generally means you shouldn't trust links on that page. if
you still want to know where a link is pointing though, right click on
it, copy shortcut. it will now be on your clip board, so you can paste
it anywhere. i'd paste it into the browser's url box - so if i like
it, i can just hit go.
Subject: Re: No blind links
From: pampido-ga on 27 Oct 2003 10:07 PST
 
You could download the google tool bar and select the pop-up killer
option. May be that will help you.
Subject: Re: No blind links
From: 12345a-ga on 01 Nov 2003 11:14 PST
 
There are some onling html testing programs, that can show brocken
links in html page when given a url, they also show other stats.

Some i saw traverse an entire web site showing brocken links etc.

Also some html web page IDE's like perhaps frontpage might allow you
to browse a web site and see brocken links on those pages.

Some java applet could also load pages and display a list of  all urls
in the current page and  also a list of  brocken links.

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