Madeleine
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Here's my dilemma - it was brought to my attention that something I never think about (red-green color blindness) is a problem on my website. (Thanks Arks!) So, I am trying to change the text color on linked words. The background of my page is yellow so I can't do white or yellows for the text link color. Red and green disappear for Arks and other guys with that color problem. Blue is 'internet link color' so I don't want that, either.
Now for the actual question - do YOU look for links embedded in text and click on them? (Check out our fantastic breakfasts!) Would you expect to find a link at the word 'breakfasts'? If the text was the same color and the font the same size would you hover over it to see if there was a link?
I guess what I'm asking is this - does anyone but the search engines care if the link is there AND discernable?
All the links are now black. Same color as the standard font. Are you all going to wonder where the links are in the text? Do you even care?
I'm not sure it matters to the average reader unless you are writing something especially to lead them to another page where they will get the info they came looking for.
Now for the actual question - do YOU look for links embedded in text and click on them? (Check out our fantastic breakfasts!) Would you expect to find a link at the word 'breakfasts'? If the text was the same color and the font the same size would you hover over it to see if there was a link?
I guess what I'm asking is this - does anyone but the search engines care if the link is there AND discernable?
All the links are now black. Same color as the standard font. Are you all going to wonder where the links are in the text? Do you even care?
I'm not sure it matters to the average reader unless you are writing something especially to lead them to another page where they will get the info they came looking for.