I'd argue that link user experience starts before you actually click a link. Maybe when you're deciding whether or not to click? Same reason that URL shortener

I'd argue that link user experience starts before you actually click a link. Maybe when you're deciding whether or not to click? Same reason that URL shorteners are bad UX. Source (creator of Delicious): http://joshua.schachter.org/2009/04/on-url-shorteners http://joshua.schachter.org/2009/04/on-url-shorteners