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Types of Links in the Web Applications
1. UI Design
a. Text Link (Ex: "Gmail" Link in Google home page) - linkText() or partialLinkText() - Locators
b. Image Link (Ex: "TestBirds" link in selenium.dev) - cssSelector() or xpath() - Locators

2. Functionality
a. Inbound / Internal Links (It redirects to another location (in the same page or another page) within the application)
b. Outbound / External Links (It redirects to another application)
c. Broken Links (Deleted or Moved link)
d. MailTo Links

Manual Actions on Web Links

Check Displayed Status
Check Enabled Status
Click / It redirects

Selenium WebDriver Test Steps