Following by email address, this is href value of a HTML tag (link). It permits to visitors of a web site by clicking on link to send new email. Default email client is opened on new mail page with recipient email address filled.
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404 crawl error for mailto:info@mydoamin.co.uk in google webmaster
im getting a 404 crawl error for mailto:info@mydoamin.co.uk, in google webmaster tools under the health > crawl errors
surly google should see that mailto: is related to an email not a webpage..
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Are mailto: links practically deprecated?
I was thinking...
Mailto: links are handled by standalone email clients only.
Most users nowadays use webmail (like GMail).
Webmail can't handle mailto: links.
When a webmail user clicks a mailto: ...
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Should plus be encoded in mailto: hyperlinks?
When placing an email address with an address tag (aka sub-addressing) in a mailto hyperlink …
<a href="mailto:username+foo@example.com">mail us now!</a>
… should the plus ...
