Akademik

link rot
n.
The gradual obsolescence of the links on a Web page as the sites they point to become unavailable.
Example Citation:
"Web sites are constantly being moved, renamed, and deleted, all of which contributes to the slow-but-inevitable process of link rot on pages that aren't carefully maintained."
Notes:
Lap Dancing Weighed and Found Wanton
— The Globe and Mail
Related Words:
deep link
one-link wonder
ubiquilink
Category:
Internet

New words. 2013.