lynx-dev Re: "hidden" links (was Re: http://www.slcc.edu/lynx/html/todo-list.html)

[Klaus Weide]

On Mon, 19 Apr 1999, Michael Warner wrote:

> An "actual" hidden link could be like:
> 
> <a ...><IMG ... ALT=""></a> (I believe)
> 
> which gets picked up with "*".  No ALT at all gets "[LINK]"
> as selectable text.
> 
> An empty link - <a ...></a> - would be the purest form of
> hidden link.
> 
> > I mean, how does someone create a hidden link and why would they do so?
> > (I presume it's not hidden in GUI browsers?)
> 
> I'd think the empty anchor form would be hidden, regardless.
> I speculate they have some sort of page-maintenance
> function, but I think the others are just poor authoring
> practice, by and large.

One use for intentionally hidden links is to provide then for
search engine (and other) robots.

    Klaus