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link rot
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link rot
Refers to invalid links on the Web. The more years go by, the more link rot because pages are moved to new locations or deleted. See dead link, 404 error, link consistency and Web rage.
(World-Wide Web)link rot - The process by which links on a web page became unusable as the pages they point to change location or are removed.
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Linkrot is when a link ends up going nowhere, because someone or something has broken the connection.
The Short Life of the Short URL by Khaleej Times (Dubai, United Arab Emirates)
This problem might be considered to be a mild form of linkrot, and Google's handling of it increases usability by satisfying user expectations that the search terms will be an the returned web page.
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The Problem of Broken Links: Or LinkRot is estimated to affect over 25% of all web pages.
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