On a Super User search page, link colors are set to this effect .question-hyperlink { color: #1086a4; } .question-hyperlink:visited { color: #13b3bd; } Which equates out to a darker blue for links, and a lighter blue for visted links. Most sites I have come across over the years use the exact opposite convention; blue/lighter for links, purple/darker for visited links. * [HTML5 boilerplate](http://html5boilerplate.com) * [Twitter Bootstrap](http://twitter.github.com/bootstrap/) * even [Stack Overflow](http://stackoverflow.com) support this convention. What gives, Super User?