Should the text color change when hovering over a hyperlink? I usually change my hyperlinks to a lighter shade of blue upon hover.
a:link {
color: #0088cc;
}
a:hover {
color: #0099dd;
}
I believe this would make it easier to target and click a hyperlink because there's extra visual feedback. I have hover states for nearly anything clickable on my site for this very reason - images, buttons, etc...
I see that Google search results don't have color changing hyperlinks. Did they do a study on this and conclude that it lowers usability? I know they do a lot of crazy testing, like testing the conversion rate on 41 shades of blue, so they must have done testing with hyperlink hover states, right?