CS 103 Link Text Examples

This page contains one example of good link text and five examples of link text that could be improved. Transform the five poor examples into five sentences with concise, readable link text that can be understood out of context (such as in an alphabetical set of links produced by a screen reader) and accurately represent the destination of the link.

To fix the poor link text, download this file to your own computer, and use a text editor to change the link text (move the hyperlink to a different set of words in the sentence). Alternatively, you may change the text of these sentences if you prefer, as long as the results are still complete sentences and the meaning is unchanged.

1. The W3C's list of valid DOCTYPE declarations is very helpful if you are working with different versions of HTML.
2. Using a null alt attribute in some cases can improve the experience for screen reader users, according to legendary web designer Jefferey Zeldman.
3. Does Wikipedia use a Creative Commons license?
4. The Youtube video "Matt Cutts Discusses the Importance of <alt> Tags" explains how alt text contributes to the findability of a web page.
5. In "The Democratization of Censorship", Brian Krebs writes about the largest DDoS attack in history.
6. There are many ways one can use social media apps, like Facebook, without giving out too much personal information, as explained in "Facebook privacy tips: How to share without oversharing."