bluelink

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A form of blue link — A hyperlink displayed in blue, traditionally indicating that the user has not yet visited the linked resource.

RareScrabble 14

Meanings

nounbluelink (plural bluelinks)

plural bluelinks

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of blue link.

    People on PCs and people on other ISP tell me sometimes they can't get to my / website when I send a bluelink

    2002, Jim, “ebay artwork”, in alt.autos.studebaker (Usenet)
    2 more examples

    IP> I just downloaded the Netscape 3.0 beta. It is very nice. There / I think this is Netscape 2.0 beta 3, by the way (the one that's been / weeks), just before you all go off tapping that bluelink... I haven' / anything about Netscape 3.0 yet.

    1995, Ben Schorr, “Just Downloaded Netscape”, in comp.os.ms-windows.nt.misc (Usenet)

    Creating a redirect in this case is detrimental: it creates a useless dead end, and it turns the redirect page title into a bluelink, whereas a redlink might attract the attention of an author who would want to write the article.

    2008, Phoebe Ayers, Charles Matthews, Ben Yates, How Wikipedia works: and how you can be a part of it, No Starch Press Series, page 235
Cite this entry
APA

bluelink. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bluelink

MLA

“bluelink.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bluelink. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bluelink,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bluelink.

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